High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side Channel
Cross-technology Communication (CTC) is a novel technique enabling data transmission among devices equipped with different physical layers in a heterogeneous wireless network. Particularly, by enabling cross-technology communication between ZigBee and WiFi, the energy-saving problem and media access...
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description | Cross-technology Communication (CTC) is a novel technique enabling data transmission among devices equipped with different physical layers in a heterogeneous wireless network. Particularly, by enabling cross-technology communication between ZigBee and WiFi, the energy-saving problem and media access control under cross-technology interference would be resolved easily. However, the current CTC designs are either too slow or destructive to ongoing ZigBee transmissions. In this paper, we propose a new Cross-technology Communication framework based on ZigBee chip-level side channel. The proposed design enables the high-throughput ZigBee-to-WiFi cross-technology communication while maintaining transparency to the existing ZigBee network. Specifically, we modify some ZigBee chips within one ZigBee symbol to create a side channel at the CTC sender (ZigBee) for carrying CTC bits while the CTC receiver (WiFi) can detect those modifications and demodulate the CTC bits at WiFi preamble detection. Both theoretical analysis and experiments show that our design would be transparent to ZigBee and throughput can reach 31.25 Kbps—1000× the state-of-the-art CTC design. |
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spelling | doaj.art-65c51f55472346279ea578ec9720cc1c2023-11-23T13:44:54ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-06-011211561610.3390/app12115616High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side ChannelCheng Feng0Tian Xia1School of Information and Computer Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150000, ChinaSchool of Measurement-Control Technology and Communications Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150000, ChinaCross-technology Communication (CTC) is a novel technique enabling data transmission among devices equipped with different physical layers in a heterogeneous wireless network. Particularly, by enabling cross-technology communication between ZigBee and WiFi, the energy-saving problem and media access control under cross-technology interference would be resolved easily. However, the current CTC designs are either too slow or destructive to ongoing ZigBee transmissions. In this paper, we propose a new Cross-technology Communication framework based on ZigBee chip-level side channel. The proposed design enables the high-throughput ZigBee-to-WiFi cross-technology communication while maintaining transparency to the existing ZigBee network. Specifically, we modify some ZigBee chips within one ZigBee symbol to create a side channel at the CTC sender (ZigBee) for carrying CTC bits while the CTC receiver (WiFi) can detect those modifications and demodulate the CTC bits at WiFi preamble detection. Both theoretical analysis and experiments show that our design would be transparent to ZigBee and throughput can reach 31.25 Kbps—1000× the state-of-the-art CTC design.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/11/5616cross-technology communicationheterogeneous wireless networkhigh throughputZigBeeWiFi |
spellingShingle | Cheng Feng Tian Xia High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side Channel Applied Sciences cross-technology communication heterogeneous wireless network high throughput ZigBee WiFi |
title | High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side Channel |
title_full | High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side Channel |
title_fullStr | High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side Channel |
title_full_unstemmed | High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side Channel |
title_short | High-Throughput Cross-Technology Communication via Chip-Level Side Channel |
title_sort | high throughput cross technology communication via chip level side channel |
topic | cross-technology communication heterogeneous wireless network high throughput ZigBee WiFi |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/11/5616 |
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