A Reliable Broadcast Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks 


Vol. 33,  No. 4, pp. 165-173, Apr.  2008


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  Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new reliable broadcast protocol referred to as timer-based reliable broadcast (TRB) for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The proposed TRB scheme exploits (1) bitmap based explicit ACK to effectively reduce the unnecessary error control messages and (2) randomized timer for ACK transmission to substantially reduce the possibility of contentions. Although it has been argued that 100% reliability is not necessary in WSNs, there should be messages (such as mission-critical message, task assignment, software updates, etc.) that need to be reliably delivered to the entire sensor field. We propose to use the TRB algorithm for such cases. Performance evaluation shows that the TRB scheme achieves 100 % reliability significantly better than other schemes with expense of slightly increased energy consumption.

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[IEEE Style]

W. S. Choi and S. R. Cho, "A Reliable Broadcast Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 165-173, 2008. DOI: .

[ACM Style]

Won Suk Choi and Sung Rae Cho. 2008. A Reliable Broadcast Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks. The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 33, 4, (2008), 165-173. DOI: .

[KICS Style]

Won Suk Choi and Sung Rae Cho, "A Reliable Broadcast Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 165-173, 4. 2008.