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Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

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10<strong>Ad</strong>aptive <strong>and</strong> Probabilistic Power ControlScheme for RFID Reader <strong>Networks</strong>In Chapter 6, a power control scheme for wireless ad hoc <strong>and</strong> sensornetworks is presented. In this chapter, the distributed power control (DPC)for a different type of network is discussed wherein by controlling power,detection range <strong>and</strong> read rates can be enhanced.In radio frequency identification (RFID) systems (Finkenzeller <strong>and</strong>Waddington 2000), the detection range <strong>and</strong> read rates will suffer frominterference among high-power reading devices. This problem becomessevere <strong>and</strong> degrades system performance in dense RFID networks. Consequently,DPC schemes <strong>and</strong> associated medium access protocols (MACs)are needed for such networks to assess <strong>and</strong> provide access to the channelso that tags can be read accurately. In this chapter, we investigate a suiteof feasible power control schemes (Cha et al. 2006) to ensure overallcoverage area of the system while maintaining a desired read rate. Thepower control scheme <strong>and</strong> the MAC protocol dynamically adjust the RFIDreader power output in response to the interference level seen during tagreading <strong>and</strong> acceptable signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The distributed adaptivepower control (DAPC) <strong>and</strong> probabilistic power control (PPC) fromCha et al. (2006) are introduced as two possible solutions. A suitablebackoff scheme is also added with DAPC to improve coverage. Both themethodology <strong>and</strong> implementation of the schemes are presented, simulated,compared, <strong>and</strong> discussed for further work.10.1 IntroductionThe advent of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has broughtwith it increased visibility into manufacturing process <strong>and</strong> industry(Finkenzeller <strong>and</strong> Waddington 2000). From supply chain logistics toenhanced shop floor control, this technology presents many opportunitiesfor process improvement or reengineering. The underlying principle of RFIDtechnology is to obtain information from tags by using readers through radio461

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