Communications via Systems-on-Chips Clustering in Large-Scaled Sensor Networks

• Published in: 2008 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing Vol. 2; pp. 549 - 552
• Main Authors: Fan, S., Fan, J., Makki, K., Pissinou, N.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Application software; Bandwidth; Frequency; Routing; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensor systems; Sensor systems and applications; Temperature sensors; Transmission lines; Wireless sensor networks
• ISBN: 9780769534923; 0769534929
• DOI: 10.1109/EUC.2008.184

In this paper, we have proposed a framework of systems-on-chips clustering in application to complicated sensor networks. The framework can be applied to address the communication issues in distributed and large-scaled sensor nodes in wireless sensor network application. There are two communication categories under consideration, i.e. intra-nodes and inter-nodes. Due to the potentially higher frequency in the signal propagation within the sensor node, the characteristics of the interconnect among various systems-on-chips cannot be described in the traditionally lumped R, L, C components. We adapt a distributed transmission line model to address such issues and possibly improve the reliability in the intra-nodes communication. Furthermore, based on the bandwidth requirements of each sensor node, the large-scaled senor network is proposed to be transformed into a maze diagram by a user defined threshold bandwidth, so that many existing approaches may be applied to determine the routing paths in the inter-nodes communication to improve the efficiency of the overall network.