A fault‐tolerant energy‐efficient clustering protocol of a wireless sensor network

Energy efficiency in specific clustering protocols is highly desired in wireless sensor networks. Most existing clustering protocols periodically form clusters and statically assign cluster heads (CHs) and thus are not energy efficient. Every non‐CH node of these protocols sends data to the CH in every time slot of a frame allocated to them using the time division multiple access scheme, which is an energy‐consuming process. Moreover, these protocols do not provide any fault tolerance mechanism. Considering these limitations, we have proposed an efficient fault‐tolerant and energy‐efficient clustering protocol for a wireless sensor network. The performance of the proposed protocol was tested by means of a simulation and compared against the low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy and dynamic static clustering protocols. Simulation results showed that the fault‐tolerant and energy‐efficient clustering protocol has better performance than both the low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy and dynamic static clustering protocols in terms of energy efficiency and reliability. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

IEEE 802.11 medium access control enhancements based on simultaneous multiple‐input multiple‐output bandwidth sharing

The demand for higher data rate has spurred the adoption of multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) transmission techniques in IEEE 802.11 products. MIMO techniques provide an additional spatial dimension that can significantly increase the channel capacity. A number of multiuser MIMO system have been proposed, where the multiple antenna at the physical layer are employed for multiuser access, allowing multiple users to share the same bandwidth. As these MIMO physical layer technologies further evolve, the usable bandwidth per application increases; hence, the average service time per application decreases. However, in the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function‐based systems, a considerable amount of bandwidth is wasted during the medium access and coordination process. Therefore, as the usable bandwidth is enhanced using MIMO technology, the bandwidth wastage of medium access and coordination becomes a significant performance bottleneck. Hence, there is a fundamental need for bandwidth sharing schemes at the medium access control (MAC) layer where multiple connections can concurrently use the increased bandwidth provided by the physical layer MIMO technologies. In this paper, we propose the MIMO‐aware rate splitting (MRS) MAC protocol and examine its behavior under different scenarios. MRS is a distributed MAC protocol where nodes locally cooperate with one another to share bandwidth via splitting the spatial channels of MIMO systems. Simulation results of MRS protocol are obtained and compared with those of IEEE 802.11n protocol. We show that our proposed MRS scheme can significantly outperform the IEEE 802.11n in medium access delay and throughput. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Cross-calibration between beta and gamma sources using quartz OSL: Consequences of the use of the SAR protocol in optical dating

The radiation dose delivered by the ⁹⁰Sr beta source of a TL-OSL reader and the one delivered by a ¹³⁷Cs gamma source were compared using OSL dating techniques and tools. Three sets of quartz of different origins (rock, sediment and loess) were studied and measured by the SAR protocol (Single aliquot regenerative dose protocol) after irradiations carried out either by the ⁹⁰Sr source or by a ¹³⁷Cs source. Measurements show that the values obtained by the SAR protocol must be corrected in order to provide an acceptable cross-calibration of the beta and gamma source. Once applied, measurement sets become self-consistent and compatible with expected values. The consequences of the above mentioned observations on the methodology of OSL dating are discussed and suggest that a mixed protocol be used including both the SAR protocol and an added dose techniques close to the SARA protocol (Single aliquot regenerative and added dose protocol).     

WLAN中基于多包接收的跨层资源分配方案

 针对WLAN,提出了一个基于多包接收的跨层资源分配方案.本文首先给出多个用户"共享"子信道的条件,并提出了子信道"独占"和"共享"混合模式的信道分配方案;然后,推导了满足用户QoS要求的功率和比特加载表达式.仿真结果表明:本文提出方案不仅能有效提高系统吞吐量,而且能降低平均包延时;并且具有计算复杂度低的特点.     

时间感知Web服务交互行为建模与失配检测方法研究

针对现有Web服务组合过程中存在时间感知力弱、服务利用率低、组合可靠性差等问题,通过将定量时间属性引入Web服务交互适配框架中,研究时间感知Web服务交互行为的形式化建模与交互行为失配的自动检测问题.提出了用于表达单个时间感知Web服务交互行为的时间服务协议(TSP)模型和用于表达多个时间感知Web服务并发组合的时间服...     

自适应二叉树电调天线设备扫描算法研究

首先根据AISG通信特点,提出基于二叉扫描树的ALD扫描算法,该算法通过引入冲突队列,对扫描过程中发生的冲突进行分解并生成新的扫描码。然后在分析二叉扫描树特点的基础上,提出自适应二叉树ALD扫描算法,该算法能够根据扫描过程中的一些先验结果跳过部分冲突节点,有效减少扫描过程中的冲突次数,提高扫描效率。实际开发的电调天线控制系统采用自适应二叉树扫描算法,证明该算法具有较好的适用性,可以快速准确地扫描、识别不同厂商的各种ALD设备。     

基于多信道预约的传感器网络MAC协议研究

针对传感器网络中三重隐终端问题,提出了一种基于自适应占空比的多信道MAC协议—MCR,MCR通过多信道预约机制高效地解决了该问题。在理论分析中,通过最小化节点平均信道切换次数的下界得出了节点的最优占空比。为验证MCR中多信道预约和自适应占空比机制的性能,进行了模拟和真实实验,实验结果表明,与其他MAC协议相比,随着信道数及网络负载的增加,MCR提高了网络吞吐量,降低了传输所消耗的能量。     

计算可靠的Diffie-Hellman密钥交换协议自动证明

针对Diffie-Hellman密钥交换协议,提出了采用观测等价关系的建模方法,证明了该方法的可靠性,并利用该方法扩展了自动工具CryptoVerif的验证能力。发现了对公钥Kerberos协议自动证明中敌手能力模型的缺陷,并提出了修正方法。利用扩展的CryptoVerif自动证明了基于Diffie-Hellman的Kerberos协议的安全性,验证了该扩展方法的有效性。与现有大部分证明方法不同的是,该证明方法既保留了自动证明工具的易用性,又保证了计算模型下的强可靠性。     

基于LEACH协议的无线传感器网络路由算法的改进与仿真

针对无线传感器网络中传感器能量有限的问题,从路由算法的角度出发,提出LEACH协议的低功耗改进方案.本文采用划定区域的方式对LEACH协议中的簇头选举进行改进,从而减少网络中节点分布不均匀的情况对簇头节点能量损耗所造成的影响,并使用NS-2进行协议改进前后的仿真.仿真实验结果表明,协议改进后网络生存期有效增长,能量消耗...     

电调天线设备嵌入式AISG协议栈的设计与实现

针对移动通信网络对于远程控制单元(RCU)、塔顶放大器(TMA)等电调天线设备(AND)远程监控要求,讨论了ALD设备嵌入式AISG协议栈的设计与实现方法.开发的AISG协议栈完整实现了AISG2.0要求,保证ALD设备能够与任何符合AISG2.0的电调天线控制系统或基站系统兼容和互操作.协议栈采用层次化、模块化的体系...