Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart Grids
The Smart Grid (SG) aims to transform the current electric grid into a “smarter” network where the integration of renewable energy resources, energy efficiency and fault tolerance are the main benefits. This is done by interconnecting every energy source, storage point or central control point with...
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| author | Jad Nassar Matthieu Berthomé Jérémy Dubrulle Nicolas Gouvy Nathalie Mitton Bruno Quoitin |
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| description | The Smart Grid (SG) aims to transform the current electric grid into a “smarter” network where the integration of renewable energy resources, energy efficiency and fault tolerance are the main benefits. This is done by interconnecting every energy source, storage point or central control point with connected devices, where heterogeneous SG applications and signalling messages will have different requirements in terms of reliability, latency and priority. Hence, data routing and prioritization are the main challenges in such networks. So far, RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy networks) protocol is widely used on Smart Grids for distributing commands over the grid. RPL assures traffic differentiation at the network layer in wireless sensor networks through the logical subdivision of the network in multiple instances, each one relying on a specific Objective Function. However, RPL is not optimized for Smart Grids, as its main objective functions and their associated metric does not allow Quality of Service differentiation. To overcome this, we propose OFQS an objective function with a multi-objective metric that considers the delay and the remaining energy in the battery nodes alongside with the dynamic quality of the communication links. Our function automatically adapts to the number of instances (traffic classes) providing a Quality of Service differentiation based on the different Smart Grid applications requirements. We tested our approach on a real sensor testbed. The experimental results show that our proposal provides a lower packet delivery latency and a higher packet delivery ratio while extending the lifetime of the network compared to solutions in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6063db2132324e1a984e49aa4b36df432022-12-22T02:21:21ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-07-01188247210.3390/s18082472s18082472Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart GridsJad Nassar0Matthieu Berthomé1Jérémy Dubrulle2Nicolas Gouvy3Nathalie Mitton4Bruno Quoitin5HEI—Yncréa HdF, 59014 Lille, FranceInria Lille—Nord Europe, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, FranceComputer Science Department, University of Mons, 7000 Mons, BelgiumHEI—Yncréa HdF, 59014 Lille, FranceInria Lille—Nord Europe, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, FranceComputer Science Department, University of Mons, 7000 Mons, BelgiumThe Smart Grid (SG) aims to transform the current electric grid into a “smarter” network where the integration of renewable energy resources, energy efficiency and fault tolerance are the main benefits. This is done by interconnecting every energy source, storage point or central control point with connected devices, where heterogeneous SG applications and signalling messages will have different requirements in terms of reliability, latency and priority. Hence, data routing and prioritization are the main challenges in such networks. So far, RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy networks) protocol is widely used on Smart Grids for distributing commands over the grid. RPL assures traffic differentiation at the network layer in wireless sensor networks through the logical subdivision of the network in multiple instances, each one relying on a specific Objective Function. However, RPL is not optimized for Smart Grids, as its main objective functions and their associated metric does not allow Quality of Service differentiation. To overcome this, we propose OFQS an objective function with a multi-objective metric that considers the delay and the remaining energy in the battery nodes alongside with the dynamic quality of the communication links. Our function automatically adapts to the number of instances (traffic classes) providing a Quality of Service differentiation based on the different Smart Grid applications requirements. We tested our approach on a real sensor testbed. The experimental results show that our proposal provides a lower packet delivery latency and a higher packet delivery ratio while extending the lifetime of the network compared to solutions in the literature.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/8/2472Smart GridWSNRPLroutingQoSobjective functionmetric |
| spellingShingle | Jad Nassar Matthieu Berthomé Jérémy Dubrulle Nicolas Gouvy Nathalie Mitton Bruno Quoitin Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart Grids Sensors Smart Grid WSN RPL routing QoS objective function metric |
| title | Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart Grids |
| title_full | Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart Grids |
| title_fullStr | Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart Grids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart Grids |
| title_short | Multiple Instances QoS Routing in RPL: Application to Smart Grids |
| title_sort | multiple instances qos routing in rpl application to smart grids |
| topic | Smart Grid WSN RPL routing QoS objective function metric |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/8/2472 |
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