The effect of multi-hop hierarchical transmissions on packet delivery for Zigbee wireless communication
Dahnil D.P.a, Darmakusuma R.a, Selamat S.b
a Network and Communication Technology Research Lab, Research Centre for Software Technology and Management, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti, Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, 43600, Malaysia
b Laboratory for Control and Computer Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
Abstract
© 2017 IEEE.The Internet of Things (IoT) presents a new era of smart and connected devices. This technology includes machine-to-machine (M2M) devices that serves as middleware for accessing information. The key enabler for monitoring and control for various sensor devices lies on their connection to the internet for data exchanged. The connectivity is important to ensure reliable data transfer either through point to point communication or multi-hop communication. This paper studies the performance of data delivery for outdoor deployment and presents the effects of multi-hop communications on packet delivery compared to point to point communications when using Zigbee wireless modules. The experiment uses soil moisture, temperature and humidity sensor as data generator. The experiment results show that packet loss increases from 10 percent to 80 percent when multi-hop communication is used compared to point to point communications. This results shows that the reliability for data transfer is compromised when multi-hop communication is used.
Author keywords
Hierarchical transmissions,Machine to machine (M2M),Machine to machines,Multihop,Point-to-point communication,Reliable data transfers,Temperature and humidity sensor,ZigBee wireless communication
Indexed keywords
Internet of Things,Machine-to-Machine,Multihop,Point to Point Communications,Zigbee
Funding details
This research is funded by Faculty of Information Science & Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and under research project Geran Galakan Penyelikik Muda GGPM-2016-011.