TOMAC-WSN: A new WSN efficient protocol for monitoring big distributed mechanical systems

摘要

This paper addresses a wireless sensor network dedicated to monitor a large mechanical system. The chosen system for the scenario is a chairlift. In this case the wireless sensor network special feature is the mobility of nodes following an invariant path traveled repeatedly. A sensor node is put on each chair and a sink node is at ground at the upper end of the chairlift. A new protocol called TOMAC-WSN is designed in order to schedule frames transmission using token concept. This avoids collision at the medium access. The second concept used by TOMAC-WSN is frame aggregation. This new protocol has been modelled using Finite State Automata. An experimental implementation on Arduino boards shows the correct operation of the network. Network performance in terms of delivery time and packet loss rate is evaluated using simulation. The results show that the proposed TOMAC-WSN protocol delivers the appropriate quality of service for the monitoring of large physical systems.