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Wireless Sensor Networks : Technology, Protocols, and Applications

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180 MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS<br />

PAN Coordinator<br />

Full Function Device (FFD)<br />

Reduced Function Device (RFD)<br />

Star Topology<br />

Figure 5.15<br />

Mesh Topology<br />

Network topologies.<br />

Cluster-Tree Topology<br />

(IETF) proposal for mobile ad hoc networking (MANET). In the mesh topology, the<br />

radio receivers of the coordinator <strong>and</strong> the routers must always be on.<br />

Cluster tree networks enable a peer-to-peer network to be formed with a minimum<br />

of routing overhead, using multihop routing. The topology is suitable for<br />

latency-tolerant applications. A cluster tree network is self-organized <strong>and</strong> supports<br />

network redundancy to achieve a high degree of fault resistance <strong>and</strong> self-repair. The<br />

cluster can be significantly large, comprising up to 255 clusters of up to 254 nodes<br />

each, for a total of 64,770 nodes. It may also span large physical areas. Any FFD<br />

can be a coordinator. Only one coordinator is selected for the PAN. The PAN coordinator<br />

forms the first cluster <strong>and</strong> assigns to it a cluster identity (CID) of value zero.<br />

Subsequent clusters are then formed with a designated cluster head for each cluster.<br />

Each PAN is uniquely identified by a 16-bit identifier. A PAN coordinator is the<br />

designated principal controller of the WPAN. Every network has exactly one PAN<br />

coordinator, selected from within all the coordinators of the network. A coordinator<br />

is a network device configured to support network functionalities <strong>and</strong> additional<br />

responsibilities, including:<br />

Managing a list of all associated network devices<br />

Exchanging data frames with network devices <strong>and</strong> a peer coordinator<br />

Allocating 16-bit short addresses to network devices (The short addresses,<br />

assigned on dem<strong>and</strong>, are used by the associated devices in lieu of the 64-bit<br />

addresses for subsequent communications with the coordinator.)<br />

Generating beacon frames on a periodic basis (These frames are used to<br />

announce the PAN identifier, the list of outst<strong>and</strong>ing frames, <strong>and</strong> other network<br />

<strong>and</strong> device parameters.)<br />

Superframe Structure The IEEE 802.15.4 MAC st<strong>and</strong>ard defines an optional<br />

superframe structure. It is initiated by the PAN coordinator. Furthermore, its format<br />

is decided by the coordinator. As Figure 5.16(a) shows, the superframe is bounded

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