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Frame Transmission and Channel Changing Methods of IEEE 802.15.4 Nodes in WiFi Traffic Interference Environment

WiFi 트래픽의 간섭환경에서 IEEE 802.15.4 노드의 프레임 전송 및 채널변경 방법

  • Received : 2013.10.18
  • Accepted : 2013.11.21
  • Published : 2014.02.28
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Abstract

In this paper, a frame transmission method to make IEEE 802.15.4 nodes run at a new channel and its characteristics are studied when they experience difficulties in transmission of frames due to WiFi traffic. The researches on evaluating the interference from WiFi traffic, searching for a new channel with little interference or not, and changing the operating channel are analyzed. In an wireless channel overlapped with IEEE 802.11 network, the transmission delay of IEEE 802.15.4 frames, the collision of frames in sending IEEE 802.15.4 frames without applying CSMA-CA algorithm, and the operation of IEEE 802.11 nodes are explained. A transmission method of frames including frame-formated code blocks in order to use the rest part of collided IEEE 802.15.4 frame is proposed. In the experiments of the proposed method, it is observed that frame-formated code blocks are synchronized and received by receivers in case of collision, and then the collided positions in IEEE 802.15.4 frame and the characteristics of frame reception rate are analyzed. The experimental results show that the performance of the proposed method is improved in comparison to an existing method when we measure the time taken to send a channel change command and get the response in order to avoid the interference from WiFi traffic.

이 논문에서는 WiFi 트래픽으로 인해 IEEE 802.15.4 노드에서 프레임 전송에 장애가 발생할 때, IEEE 802.15.4 네트워크의 노드들을 새로운 채널에서 동작시키기 위한 프레임 전송방법과 특성에 연구되었다. WiFi 트래픽의 간섭에 대한 평가, 간섭이 적거나 없는 새로운 채널의 탐색 및 동작채널을 변경하기 위한 연구들에 대해 분석하였다. IEEE 802.11 네트워크와 중첩된 무선채널에서 IEEE 802.15.4 프레임의 전송지연과 CSMA-CA 알고리즘을 적용하지 않은 IEEE 802.15.4 프레임 전송시 프레임들의 충돌 및 IEEE 802.11 노드들의 동작에 대해 설명하였다. 충돌된 IEEE 802.15.4 프레임의 잔여부분을 사용하기 위해 프레임형식코드블럭들을 포함한 프레임의 전송방법이 제안되었다. 제안된 방법의 실험을 통해, 충돌시 프레임형식코드블럭들이 수신기에서 동기화되어 수신되는 현상을 관찰하고, IEEE 802.15.4 프레임에서 충돌을 겪는 위치, 프레임수신율에 대한 특성이 분석되었다. WiFi 트래픽의 간섭을 피하기 위해 IEEE 802.15.4 네트워크의 채널변경명령을 전송하고 응답을 얻기까지 걸리는 시간을 측정한 실험결과는 제안된 방법이 기존의 방법보다 개선된 성능을 나타낸다.

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