An Energy Efficient Link Layer Protocol for Power-Constrained Wireless Networks

Sohraab Soltani, Muhammad U. Ilyas, Hayder Radha

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop a Reliable Energy Adept Link-layer (REAL) protocol for power-constrained networks to provide reliable data transmissions among battery-operated wireless nodes. REAL dynamically performs error recovery with respect to the overall distortions in the system and the available energy at wireless nodes. REAL employs rate-adaptive low density parity check (LDPC) codes for error recovery. We develop a theoretical model to estimate the distortion imposed by wireless channels and to compute the likelihood of successful decoding at the link-layer. Next, we present a recovery model using Markovian decision process to formulate the optimal decoding policy as a linear optimization problem. We design and implement the REAL protocol which provides system reliability with efficient energy utilization. We demonstrate experimentally that REAL achieves 5%-40% throughput and 3%-18% energy consumption improvements over channel traces with varying bit error rates (BERs) collected on 802.15.4 environment. Further, REAL shows 5-15db PSNR better video quality over various realtime video scenarios.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)
PublisherIEEE
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)978-1-4577-0636-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Aug 2011
Event2011 Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) - Lahaina, HI, USA
Duration: 31 Jul 20114 Aug 2011

Conference

Conference2011 Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)
Period31/07/114/08/11

Keywords

  • Wireless communication
  • Protocols
  • Decoding
  • Throughput
  • Bit error rate
  • Automatic repeat request
  • Wireless sensor networks

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