Performance Study of Routing Protocols in ZigBee Wireless Mesh Networks

ZigBee is one of the key standards that enable low-cost and low-power wireless mesh networks. Working on top of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC/PHY standard, ZigBee defines higher layers that support reliable multi-hop wireless communications. In particular, ZigBee provides multiple routing protocols to support d...

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Published in:Wireless personal communications 2017-07, Vol.95 (2), p.1829-1853
Main Authors: Kim, Seong Hoon, Chong, Poh Kit, Kim, Taehong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communications Engineering
Computer Communication Networks
Computer networks
Computer simulation
Engineering
Finite element method
IEEE standards
Networks
Routing (telecommunications)
Signal,Image and Speech Processing
Wireless communications
Wireless networks
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Summary:ZigBee is one of the key standards that enable low-cost and low-power wireless mesh networks. Working on top of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC/PHY standard, ZigBee defines higher layers that support reliable multi-hop wireless communications. In particular, ZigBee provides multiple routing protocols to support diverse application traffic types such as multipoint-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and point-to-point. However, there are no studies that thoroughly incorporate multiple ZigBee routing protocols. In this paper, we explore multiple unicast routing and many-to-one protocols incorporated into the ZigBee standard and compare them through extensive simulations using NS2. We discuss real-world implementation issues and introduce our implementation decisions. We also examine their suitability for different scenarios and discuss some of the improvements that can be made to the ZigBee standard routing protocols.
ISSN:0929-6212
1572-834X
DOI:10.1007/s11277-017-3996-7