Periodic Networked Imaging With Nanoscale Sensor Nodes via Two-Layered Time-Division Access
- 15 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
- Vol. 9 (8), 6213-6223
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jiot.2021.3112711
Abstract
As the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a widespread phenomenon, promising sensor applications at the nanoscale have begun to emerge. One example is imaging via distributed massive nanoscale nodes (NSNs), which can be used to implement “invisible surveillance cameras” by, for example, painting liquids containing nanoscale sensors onto walls. This imaging method requires periodic data transfer from thousands of NSNs to a data collection node (DCN). An essential technique for handling such transfers is the media access control (MAC) protocol. However, existing protocols cannot support periodic transfer from numerous NSNs because of inefficient communication caused by a large amount of headers in the packets. In this paper, we introduce an original MAC protocol and discuss its capability in terms of implementing imaging applications. The proposed protocol applies a time-division access feature to reduce the amount of headers and a two-layered protocol to enable simultaneous transmission among nodes. Slot assignment is an essential function in time-division access and requires communication among nodes. Unlike existing methods, our simple approach enables communication by exploiting the unique features of the focused application. The results of the numerical simulation reveal that the proposed MAC protocol allows for periodic imaging with more than three thousand nodes and produces high-quality images very close to those obtained using ideal communication. These results are achieved by employing an original design framework to determine appropriate key parameters, such as number of clusters and frame rate.This publication has 60 references indexed in Scilit:
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