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In order to maximize the network's lifetime and ensure the connectivity among the nodes, most topology management practices use a subgroup of nodes for routing. This paper provides an in-depth look at existing topology management control algorithms in Multi-state structure. We suggest a new algorithm based on Geographical Adaptive Fidelity (GAF) and Adaptive Self-Configuring Sensor Networks Topology (ASCENT). The new proposed algorithm outperforms both GAF and ASCENT algorithms.
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DOI : 10.5121/ijwmn.2012.4602 17
T
OPOLOGY
M
ANAGEMENT IN
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IRELESS
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ENSOR
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ETWORKS
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Abrar Alajlan
1
, Benjamin Dasari
2
, Zyad Nossire
3
, Khaled Elleithy
4
and Varun
Pande
5
1
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport,
Bridgeport, CT
aalajlan@bridgeport.edu
2
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport,
Bridgeport, CT
bdasari@bridgeport.edu
3
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport,
Bridgeport, CT
znossire@bridgeport.edu
4
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport,
Bridgeport, CT
elleithy@bridgeport.edu
5
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bridgeport,
Bridgeport, CT
vpande@bridgeport.edu
A
BSTRACT
In order to maximize the network’s lifetime and ensure the connectivity among the nodes, most topology
management practices use a subgroup of nodes for routing. This paper provides an in-depth look at
existing topology management control algorithms in Multi-state structure. We suggest a new algorithm
based on Geographical Adaptive Fidelity (GAF) and Adaptive Self-Configuring Sensor Networks
Topology (ASCENT). The new proposed algorithm outperforms both GAF and ASCENT algorithms.
K
EYWORDS
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Topology Management, GAF, ASCENT, Geographical Adaptive
Fidelity, Adaptive Self-Configuring Sensor Networks Topologies, Topology control algorithm, Design
Issues.
1.
I
NTRODUCTION
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) contain a large number of inexpensive sensor nodes deployed
in divers environments, which used to detect data and deliver it to the sink. As Wireless Sensor
Networks (WSNs) are becoming more and more popular because of its advantages and wide
application range, research is growing intense in this area [1].
The advantage of being able to place remote sensing nodes without having to run wires and the
cost related to it is a huge gain. And as the size of the circuitry of WSN is growing smaller
along with the cost, the chances of their field of applications are growing large. In topology
management of Wireless sensor network, energy efficiency is the primary factor. Most sensors
depending on the requirement are battery powered and hence conserving the energy of these
sensors is very crucial [2]. One straightforward approach is to turn off the radio of the sensor,
thereby conserving energy. However, it is also important that a node must function to receive
packets directed to it and help in other high level routing and control protocols. In a power
conserving topology control algorithm for multi-hop ad-hoc WSN, we save power through
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routing coordination. There should be a minimum delay between nodes forwarding packets
from source to destination than if all nodes being awake and the non-participating nodes should
have radios turned off. The backbone is reflected by the paths that can function without
interference [3].
In a network, it is not always productive to have every node with maximum power transmission
having the energy constraint property. Topology control is used in wireless sensor networks to
ensure that there are sufficient activated nodes connected with each other in order to deliver the
data to the sink while the needless nodes are turning off to reduce energy consumption [3][4].
The topology control protocol allows each node to regulate its transmission energy. Each node
should be able to control its transmission power. However, despite having the transmission
power control, this should not disturb the node’s connectivity i.e., the algorithm should make
sure that adjacent nodes are reached which are immediately linked within high transmission
power range [6].
We have seen that network topology is the basis for other protocol implementation and is the
first step for designing and setting up a network. There are several aspects like data fusion, time
synchronization, object location, etc. for which a potential topology is the basis and helps better
the efficiency of routing and MAC protocol. The current research on WSN topology focuses
mainly on the study of topology control to set up an optimized network for data transfer on the
premise of meeting the requirements of network coverage and connectivity by controlling
power, selecting backbone node and eliminating unnecessary communication link [7].
The WSN network could be star, cluster, mesh, or hybrid topology [8]. The first network
applied in Wireless Sensor Network was the star network, which was a single-hop wireless
sensor network and had the characteristics of low power consumption and simple structure.
However, the disadvantage was that the whole network could be rendered non-functional if the
central node were attacked, which was the bottleneck of the network [9]. Next in line was the
cluster network, which is a multi-cluster network with cluster heads. Each cluster head receives
data from their respective clusters and then forward this data to the base station after
aggregating the data. The cluster network gave way to quite a number of algorithms, which used
this design. The next was the mesh network with the ability of better fault tolerance. In this
networks all nodes are equal in the sense that they can transmit to any neighbour node and then
forward to the base station [10]. Apart from the ones mentioned above, there are also hybrid
networks, which are a combination of two or three single topology together. Now a day,
researchers of topology control focus on mesh networks because of its reliability factor, which
provide multiple paths between two nodes. Different data transmission routes could improve the
network connectivity. However, multiple paths architectures have high power consumption [7].
A primary research direction in Wireless Sensor Networks topology control is power control
and sleep scheduling. The transmit power selection is power control and the changing of nodes
between active and sleep modes so as to gain energy and have good topology is sleep
scheduling. The main target of research in WSNs is to decrease the power consumption and
increase the network lifetime since the energy consumption is proportional to distance in the
power of communication [7].
The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 identifies the problem of wireless sensor networks
regarding energy consumption. Section 3 provides an overview the related work of topology
management and examines two topology protocols. Section 4 defines the proposed algorithm.
Section 5 describes the simulation setup. Finally, section 6 concludes the paper on the basis of
findings.
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2.
PROBLEM
IDENTIFICATION
The total lifetime of a battery-powered wireless sensor network is limited by the battery's
capacity. Since disposable batteries are the main source of energy for most WSN’s, there are
two important hurdles in using them, which are the maintenance issues in rough areas and the
scalability of the network. Therefore, most of the sensors get their source of energy from their
internal limited powered battery and it cannot be re-powered after the battery is run dry due to
its inaccessibility factor, overhead cost, etc. In order to increase the operational lifetime, we
provides in this paper an algorithms technique that can be used to maximize the lifetime as
much as possible while ensuring connectivity among the nodes.
In this paper we focus on GAF algorithm, which is energy saving algorithm. We present an
efficient mechanism than GAF. GAF’s mechanism of translation between states helps conserve
quite a lot of energy. The mechanism of dividing the area into virtual grids is support
clustering. However, GAF cannot reach its best level of conserving energy as it selects the
cluster head arbitrarily without bearing in mind the best location for the head node.
3.
R
ELATED
W
ORK
The nodes are divided into equivalence classes based on the geographical properties in a lot of
topology management algorithms such as GAF, DGAF, ASCENT, etc. Each class has its own
representative node and only these turning their radio transmitters ON and carry out the routing
functions thereby conserving energy. The remaining nodes either turn their radios OFF or enter
into sleep mode depending on the algorithm.
The GAF algorithm which is based on energy model takes also into consideration the energy
consumed in idle time which is also relatively high and hence proposes energy optimization by
turning the radio of the sensor node OFF [11].
3.1 Geographical Adaptive Fidelity (GAF)
GAF stands for Geographical Adaptive Fidelity. This algorithm helps to decrease the energy
consumption by 60% than an unaltered ad hoc routing algorithm and also the life of the network
increases consistently to the density of nodes. Only one node from each grid is selected to be
awake while the other are remain a sleep.
A state changeover diagram is shown in fig1.where a node initially starts in the discovery state
where its turn its radio no and able to communicate and exchange discovery messages. The
discovery message consists of node identification number, grid identification number, estimated
active time and node state. In discovery state, a node sets up a timer T-discovery and when this
timer expires, the node moves into active state. In active state, the node set a timer T-active to
inform other nodes about how long this node will be in active state. After T-active expires, the
node moves to discovery state again. A node in discovery or active state can moves into sleep if
there is other nodes can perform the routing functions. In sleep state, sets a timer T-sleep and
turn off its radio and moves into discovery when the timer expires [12].
Figure 1: State changeover of a node in GAF protocol
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As the mass of a network employing GAF increases, the number of nodes in each grid is
increases whereas the number of activated nodes remains the same [4]. However, a GPS is
mandatory for this procedure. GAF splits the complete region into small virtual grids. The size
of virtual grid is determined based on the maximum radio transmission power R [6]. Each grid
is in such a way that for 2 neighbouring grids X and Y, all nodes in X can interact with nodes in
Y and all nodes in Y can interact with nodes in X as well. In GAF each node uses the
information related to location using Global Positioning System and grid size to link with a
virtual grid. From routing viewpoint, each node in a certain grid is equivalent. Also, it uses a
load balancing technique to periodically waking up and switching in order to ensure all nodes
keep functioning for maximum time. GAF has 2 assumptions:
(I) Node's communication range is deterministic.
(II) Exact node position is known.
Based on the above approach, the nodes can either be in sleep, discovery or active states. To
start with, all nodes begin in discovery state and individually turn their radio ON and exchange
discovery messages. Discovery messages have information like node id, grid id, estimated node
active time (ENAT), and the node state. A node keeps a timer Td when it goes into discovery
state. After timer Td completes, it transmits its discovery message and goes into active state. In
the active state, it has a break-time value Ta to decide the duration of stay in active state and
then return to discovery state. A node in either discovery or active states passes to sleep mode
when the node has made sure that another node will take care of the routing task. Once it enters
sleep mode, it terminates, sets all timers and turns off its radio and only awakens post
application dependent sleep time T
s
[12].
3.1.1 Mean Square Error in GAF
An MSE of zero, meaning that the estimator predicts observations of the parameter with
perfect accuracy, is the ideal, but is practically never possible[13].
The MSE is use in our network simulation for a study purpose for node networks ranging from a
few hundred to thousands. Because we have two set of node s once that are active and the other
set that is asleep. We use the MSEs as a measure of how well they explain the communication
in a given set of parameters. The simulation model with the MSE is generally explaining the
variability in the observations and is called the best-unbiased estimator or MVUE (Minimum
Variance Unbiased Estimator).
A linear regression techniques called the analysis of variance estimate is used as the MSE for
the part of the analysis and use the estimated MSE to determine the statistical significance of the
nodes and their parameters like the distance , signal strength and geo location. The goal of this
experimental simulation is to construct experiments in such a way that when the observations of
multiple node structures are analyzed, we can get the MSE is close to zero and define a relative
to the magnitude of at least one of the master node.
3.2 Adaptive Self-Configuring Sensor Networks Topologies (ASCENT)
This algorithm is based on connectivity and uses local connectivity measures. It turns the nodes
ON/OFF depending on neighbour and packet loss threshold. When a node figures high data
loss, it signals the other nodes to join the network to forward the messages. However if high
data loss is due to collision then the node would reduce its duty cycle. A node only joins the
networks if it is helpful. It uses self-configuring and adaptive techniques to conserve energy and
increase network lifetime. There are four states that a node can be active in, that is sleep,
passive, test and active. Once a node is elected to be active adaptively, all the other nodes are
turned off and they frequently find out if they have to become active or not [12][14].
A node initially starts in test state and sets up a timer T- test. When T-test fires, the node enter
to active state and able to routing data and exchanging messages with other active nodes. The
number of active nodes shouldn’t exceed the neighbour threshold. Thus, if the number of
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neighbour nodes in active states is greater than neighbour threshold before T-test fires, the node
enters to passive state where the node only able to listen to other active nodes without
exchanging any messages. The idea behind the passive state is to collect information about the
network with no congestion. In passive state, a node sets up a timer T-passive and when it
expires the node moves into sleep state where the node turn off its radio signals and sets up
timer T-sleep. When T-sleep expires, the node enters to passive state again [14]. Fig1. Illustrate
the state changeover in ASCENT protocol.
A spread out topology control algorithm for varied WSN’s was proposed previous research by
bearing in mind irregular links. “They determine the existence of links among nodes by
achieving the location of each vicinity node and exploiting radio propagation model” [7]. It is
not suitable to design topology control structure minus the diminishing effect of radio signal
into picture. The energy consumption for sensor node implementing topology control in
simplified model is
Ei = Ti . ni for any node i (1)
In (1), Ei is the total power consumption of Node i during any time period, t. Ti is the
transmission power of Node i, and ni is the network traffic from Node i during any time period,
t
(T
max
- T
min
) . ( ni ) for any node i (2)
(2) reflects the decreased quantity of energy consumption of Node i during the course of time,
t, when it decreases broadcasting energy from T
max
to
Tmin.
The complete broadcast energy of a
sensor node is T
max
. The minimum broadcast energy that a sensor node must give in order to
make sure of its link with its neighbouring nodes is T
min
[5].
Power control and sleeping scheduling are the main fields for the research on wireless sensor
network topology control at present. Power control is the selection of transmits power and
sleeping scheduling is the conversion of nodes between working and sleeping in order to obtain
good topology and save energy [7].
Generally energy consumption of communication is proportional to distance in the power in
WSN. As the distance increase, the energy consumption increases rapidly, and then the
communication range is restricted for the limited energy of nodes [7].
4. PROPOSED SOLUTION
The main objective of this paper is to increase the network lifetime and conserve energy.
Although there are many algorithms, which focus on conserving energy and improve the
network lifetime, we would be working on Improving GAF for better results. Although GAF
helps saving considerable amount of energy, it selects the node head in a virtual grid quite
randomly, which does not reach its best levels of conserving energy. In this paper, we focus as a
part of proposed solution on the exact location of the node head in a virtual grid so as to
Figure 1: State changeover of a node in ASCENT protocol
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increase the network lifetime when compared to the traditional GAF. When the cluster head
node is chosen randomly, it might not be the best or most efficient node in that particular grid to
get an efficient algorithm output. Therefore, studying the location of the cluster head node and
deciding as to which node in the grid should be chosen for a specific field might lead us to new
outputs. Fig 3. below lustrated the flow chart of the proposed algorithm.
Figure 3: A Flow Chart of Proposed Algorithm
The proposed algorithm consists of the following steps:
1. Have a grid parameter setup for defining network location
2. Distribute all nodes in a network randomly
3. Send out a test signal
4. Calculate peer to peer node distance between all nodes in a single grid
5. Choose optimal node (auto selection based on the test signal strength and the distance
vector)
6. Sleep states for all other nodes
The energy consumption of sending and receiving data are calculated by the formula:
E
send
= k × E
static
+ k ×ε
amp
× d
2
and (3)
E
receive
= k × E
static
where
ε
amp
is the magnification of signal generator, E
static
is the energy consumption of the send and
receive circuit and d is the transmission distance.
The number of packets sent by each node is equal and the location of the base station and the
nodes in the network is constant. Distance between centre and the head node can be calculated
as shown below:
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The expectation of the consumption can be inferred by the above formula.
When we place the values for the above parameters, we infer that we save twice as much energy
when the head node is selected at the centre than otherwise.
5.
SIMULATION
RESULTS
In this simulation, we are going to explain how GAF helps us classify nodes based on radius
called genetic algorithm radius. Consider that we have nodes, which are a grouping of diverse
node groups from regions with similar nodes. This means that, although each node group has
their own radius, the difference is only between radius parameters.
The graph below reflects a number of points on the X, Y coordinate. Clearly our nodes are a
combination of two node groups. We look at a condition that we already know the formula and
each group is generated by a y=ax+b radius. In this example, we do not have a grave situation in
the classification while there are only two groups and nodes are separated clearly. If the
difficulty of the problem increases exponentially then we cannot monitor such processes. This
would consume billions of mathematical calculations and therefore we need genetic algorithm
and had to select the model of GAF.
Below is our simulation of GAF where all the nodes initially in sleep state and placed in the
XY-axis randomly and as shown in fig 4. Then we select a particular grid consisting of n nodes
and all of them would be in inactive state in the beginning. We then send a test signal to all the
nodes to make sure that all the nodes are working as seen in fig 5. Finally, as seen in fig. 6, the
head node is selected at the centre of the grid and all the other nodes are turned off conserving
energy.
Figure 4: The simulation of GAF where all the nodes are placed in the XY-axis randomly.
Figure 5: A particular grid consisting of n nodes and all of them would be in inactive state in the
beginning.
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Figure 6: the head node is selected at the centre of the grid and all the other nodes are turned off
conserving energy.
Our simulation is simply based on classifying diverse nodes centred on their obtainable
connection. Consider an array of nodes group indexes. This array has a length equal to k nodes
and each node has X and Y co-ordinates. From fig. 6, we can have an array of 0’s and 1’s since
we considered only 2 node groups. The array can follow changing forms with its own mean
squared error.
Figure 7: Ten diverse arrangements of such an array of 0’s and 1’s.
6. CONCLUSION
Research must carry on in all the capacities of topology management such as sensing, data
processing (computation) and communication. A field of probable research is to come up with
an ideal assembling algorithm, which can be achieved when we combine the strong points of
present working algorithms, working on removing the drawbacks and the suppositions. Though
it might be seem like a herculean task, when we try to address the suppositions made by most
algorithms we can come up with a reliable algorithm. The most significant assumption that
should be taken care of is that of broadcasting data. Also the fresh algorithm must note the node
failures in the Wireless Sensor Network, which includes the head node of the cluster too.
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Authors
Mrs. Abrar Alajlan: is a Ph.D. student department of Computer Science and
Engineering at the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT. She earned a master's
degree in MBA with a concentration in Information Systems (IS) from Troy
University, Troy, AL in 2011. She received a BS in Computer Science from Umm
Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Abrar's interests are in Wireless Sensor
Network (WSN), Network Security, Mobile Communication.
Mr. Benjamin Dasari: I am currently pursuing my Master of Science in Computer
Science degree from University of Bridgeport. I have obtained and undergraduate
degree in Mathematics, Electronics and Computer Science from Bhavan’s
Vivekananda Degree College in 2005 with a GPA of 3.80(approx.). Prior to my
Master’s, I worked with Automatic Data Processing (ADP) for five years in
Hyderabad. I am interested in programming and researching new technologies.
Mr. Zyad Nossire: received the B.Sc. in Management Information System from
Al-Albyat University, Al-Mafrq ON, Jordan in 2006, and the MCA (Master of
science information and Communication Technology ) from Utara University –
Malaysia in 2008. In 2012 Zyad Nossire joined University of Bridgeport as Ph.D.
student in computer science and engineering at the University of Bridgeport,
Connecticut-USA. From 2008-2009, Zyad Nossire was Assistant Lecturer in
science and Technology Community College on Irbid - Al-Balqa Applied
University-Jordan. From 2009 to 2011 Zyad Nossire joined Njran and Al-Emma Mohamed Ben Saoud
University's –Saudi Arabia as assistant lecturer. Zyad Nossire research interest is in the general area of
Cloud computing ,Mobile ,wireless communications and networks. My email addresses:
znossire@bridgeport.edu, ziad.jo2009@yahoo.com
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Dr. Khaled Elleithy: is the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of
Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. His research interests are in the areas
of, network security, mobile wireless communications formal approaches for
design and verification and Mobile collaborative learning. He has published more
than two hundreds research papers in international journals and conferences in his
areas of expertise.
Dr. Elleithy is the co-chair of International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems
Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE).CISSE is the first Engineering/ Computing and Systems Research E-
Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet and was
successfully running for four years. Dr. Elleithy is the editor or co-editor of 10 books published by
Springer for advances on Innovations and Advanced Techniques in Systems, Computing Sciences and
Software.
Dr. Elleithy received the B.Sc. degree in computer science and automatic control from Alexandria
University in 1983, the MS Degree in computer networks from the same university in 1986, and the MS
and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from The Center for Advanced Computer Studies in the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1988 and 1990, respectively. He received the award of
"Distinguished Professor of the Year", University of Bridgeport, during the academic year 2006-2007.
Mr. Varun Pande is a Graduate Research Assistant currently attending the
University of Bridgeport as a PhD candidate in Computer Science and Engineering.
He graduated from the University of Bridgeport with a Master in computer Science
in May of 2012. He had worked as a CSR representative at TATA Power, during his
Bachelor in computer science and Information Technology. Currently and for the
past two years he has been a Graduate Assistant and taught Labs on Wireless Sensor
Communication using MICA z Motes. His research interests are Computer Vision,
Image Processing, Parallel processing and Wireless Sensor Networks. He hopes to
share my experiences, research and knowledge with other graduates and professionals to work in a
collaborative research for a Better tomorrow!
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