Comprehensive Performance Analysis of Lightweight Mesh and Its Comparison with ZigBee Pro Technology

摘要

As there is a rising demand on energy efficiency the proper network stack is an essential for every wireless sensor network application. This paper gives a comprehensive view on performance comparison of Atmel Lightweight Mesh (LWM) and ZigBee Pro technology based on extensive real measurements. We focused mainly on application layer throughput, routing latency and self-healing capability. Although the LWM clearly outperforms ZigBee Pro in most aspects, the LWM has particular drawbacks. Particularly, the LWM provides smaller footprint and faster stack processing along with higher application throughput. The most notable throughput difference where the LWM outperforms the BitCloud was by as much as thirteen times.