Online Parameter Adaptation for Sensor Network MAC Protocols
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2010-07
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The performance of sensor network MAC protocols is heavily dictated by their operating parameters. To operate efficiently, these protocols must continuously adapt to wireless link and traffic dynamics. We present a framework to adapt the MAC parameters in an online fashion. Specifically, our framework allows users to specify application requirements as objectives and constraints on three network-wide performance metrics: network lifetime, end-to-end reliability, and end-to-end latency. Unlike previous work, we formulate the resulting parameter optimization problem as a multi-objective optimization problem. We use well-established techniques and tools for constraint programming to identify an optimized solution depending on the current network state. This includes a vector of MAC parameters installed on the sensor nodes at runtime. Testbed experiments with the X-MAC protocol demonstrate that our framework significantly improves the system performance under user-defined constraints as the network conditions evolve. In particular, our approach avoids overprovisioning the MAC configuration based on the highest expected traffic load—as is common practice in real-world deployments—achieving lifetime gains of more than 30% in some of our experiments.
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325
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ETH Zurich, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory
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MAC protocol; Parameter optimization; Multi-objective optimization
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03429 - Thiele, Lothar (emeritus) / Thiele, Lothar (emeritus)