A comparative simulation study of link quality estimators in wireless sensor networks

Nouha Baccour; Anis Koubâa; Maissa Ben Jamâa; Habib Youssef; Marco Zuniga; Mário Alves

doi:10.1109/MASCOT.2009.5366798

A comparative simulation study of link quality estimators in wireless sensor networks

Nouha Baccour^*, Anis Koubâa, Maissa Ben Jamâa, Habib Youssef, Marco Zuniga, Mário Alves

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Abstract

Link quality estimation (LQE) in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a fundamental building block for an efficient and cross-layer design of higher layer network protocols. Several link quality estimators have been reported in the literature; however, none has been thoroughly evaluated. There is thus a need for a comparative study of these estimators as well as the assessment of their impact on higher layer protocols. In this paper, we perform an extensive comparative simulation study of some well-known link quality estimators using TOSSIM. We first analyze the statistical properties of the link quality estimators independently of higher-layer protocols, then we investigate their impact on the Collection Tree Routing Protocol (CTP). This work is a fundamental step to understand the statistical behavior of LQE techniques, helping system designers choose the most appropriate for their network protocol architectures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009
Pages	301-310
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MASCOT.2009.5366798
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Sept 2009 → 23 Sept 2009

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Name	Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, MASCOTS
ISSN (Print)	1526-7539

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Conference	2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	21/09/09 → 23/09/09

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Baccour, N., Koubâa, A., Jamâa, M. B., Youssef, H., Zuniga, M., & Alves, M. (2009). A comparative simulation study of link quality estimators in wireless sensor networks. In 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009 (pp. 301-310). Article 5366798 (Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, MASCOTS). https://doi.org/10.1109/MASCOT.2009.5366798

Baccour, Nouha ; Koubâa, Anis ; Jamâa, Maissa Ben et al. / A comparative simulation study of link quality estimators in wireless sensor networks. 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009. 2009. pp. 301-310 (Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, MASCOTS).

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Baccour, N, Koubâa, A, Jamâa, MB, Youssef, H, Zuniga, M & Alves, M 2009, A comparative simulation study of link quality estimators in wireless sensor networks. in 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009., 5366798, Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, MASCOTS, pp. 301-310, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009, London, United Kingdom, 21/09/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/MASCOT.2009.5366798

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Baccour N, Koubâa A, Jamâa MB, Youssef H, Zuniga M, Alves M. A comparative simulation study of link quality estimators in wireless sensor networks. In 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, MASCOTS 2009. 2009. p. 301-310. 5366798. (Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society's Annual International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunications Systems, MASCOTS). doi: 10.1109/MASCOT.2009.5366798

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