TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) play a key role in the ecosystem of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the definition of today’s Industry 4.0. These WSNs have the ability to sensor large amounts of data, thanks to their easy scalability. WSNs allow the deployment of a large number of self-...
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| author | Jose Vera-Pérez Javier Silvestre-Blanes Víctor Sempere-Payá |
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| description | Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) play a key role in the ecosystem of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the definition of today’s Industry 4.0. These WSNs have the ability to sensor large amounts of data, thanks to their easy scalability. WSNs allow the deployment of a large number of self-configuring nodes and the ability to automatically reorganize in case of any change in the topology. This huge sensorization capacity, together with its interoperability with IP-based networks, allows the systems of Industry 4.0 to be equipped with a powerful tool with which to digitalize a huge amount of variables in the different industrial processes. The IEEE 802.15.4e standard, together with the access mechanism to the Time Slotted Channel Hopping medium (TSCH) and the dynamic Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL), allow deployment of networks with the high levels of robustness and reliability necessary in industrial scenarios. However, these configurations have some disadvantages in the deployment and synchronization phases of the networks, since the time it takes to synchronize the nodes is penalized compared to other solutions in which access to the medium is done randomly and without channel hopping. This article proposes an analytical model to characterize the behavior of this type of network, based on TSCH and RPL during the phases of deployment along with synchronization and connection to the RPL network. Through this model, validated by simulation and real tests, it is possible to parameterize different configurations of a WSN network based on TSCH and RPL. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e0223d210f242a3b7a8e27065c2ab792023-11-21T22:55:25ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-06-012111390410.3390/s21113904TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor NetworksJose Vera-Pérez0Javier Silvestre-Blanes1Víctor Sempere-Payá2Instituto Tecnológico de Informática, 46022 Valencia, SpainITI and Departamento de Informática de Sistemas y Computadores (DISCA), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), 03801 Alcoy, SpainITI and Departamento de Comunicaciones (DCOM), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), 46022 Valencia, SpainWireless sensor networks (WSNs) play a key role in the ecosystem of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the definition of today’s Industry 4.0. These WSNs have the ability to sensor large amounts of data, thanks to their easy scalability. WSNs allow the deployment of a large number of self-configuring nodes and the ability to automatically reorganize in case of any change in the topology. This huge sensorization capacity, together with its interoperability with IP-based networks, allows the systems of Industry 4.0 to be equipped with a powerful tool with which to digitalize a huge amount of variables in the different industrial processes. The IEEE 802.15.4e standard, together with the access mechanism to the Time Slotted Channel Hopping medium (TSCH) and the dynamic Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (RPL), allow deployment of networks with the high levels of robustness and reliability necessary in industrial scenarios. However, these configurations have some disadvantages in the deployment and synchronization phases of the networks, since the time it takes to synchronize the nodes is penalized compared to other solutions in which access to the medium is done randomly and without channel hopping. This article proposes an analytical model to characterize the behavior of this type of network, based on TSCH and RPL during the phases of deployment along with synchronization and connection to the RPL network. Through this model, validated by simulation and real tests, it is possible to parameterize different configurations of a WSN network based on TSCH and RPL.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3904WSNindustrial internet of thingssynchronizationTSCHRPL |
| spellingShingle | Jose Vera-Pérez Javier Silvestre-Blanes Víctor Sempere-Payá TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks Sensors WSN industrial internet of things synchronization TSCH RPL |
| title | TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_full | TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_fullStr | TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_short | TSCH and RPL Joining Time Model for Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_sort | tsch and rpl joining time model for industrial wireless sensor networks |
| topic | WSN industrial internet of things synchronization TSCH RPL |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3904 |
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