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PriorityMAC: A Priority-Enhanced MAC Protocol for Critical Traffic in Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Computer and System science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7278-3620
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Computer and System science.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Computer and System science.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Computer and System science. ABB Corporate Research, SE-72178 Vasteras, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0873-7827
2014 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, ISSN 1551-3203, E-ISSN 1941-0050, Vol. 10, no 1, p. 824-835Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper proposes PriorityMAC, a priority-enhanced medium access control protocol, designed for critical traffic in industrial wireless sensor and actuator networks (IWSAN). A notable trend in industrial automation in recent years has been the replacement of wired communication by IWSANs. Exceeding the required delay bound for unpredictable and emergency traffic could lead to system instability, economic and material losses, system failure, and, ultimately, a threat to human safety. Guaranteeing the timely delivery of the IWSAN critical traffic and its prioritization over regular traffic (e.g., noncritical monitoring traffic) is a significant challenge. Therefore, we present the design, implementation, performance analysis, and evaluation of PriorityMAC. A series of novel mechanisms (e.g., high priority indication space) are proposed to enable high-priority traffic to hijack the transmission bandwidth of the low-priority traffic. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first priority-enhanced MAC protocol compatible with industrial standards for IWSAN. PriorityMAC is implemented in TinyOS and evaluated on a testbed of Telosb motes. The experimental results indicate that PriorityMAC efficiently handles different traffic categories with different latency requirements, thereby achieving a significant improvement in the delivery latency compared with the current industrial standards. © 2005-2012 IEEE.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. Vol. 10, no 1, p. 824-835
Keywords [en]
industrial wireless sensor and actuator networks (IWSANs), ISA100.11a, MAC protocols, priority, WirelessHART
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Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-21050DOI: 10.1109/TII.2013.2280081ISI: 000336668600082Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84891065883Local ID: STCOAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-21050DiVA, id: diva2:687612
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Art. No.: 6587846

Available from: 2014-01-14 Created: 2014-01-14 Last updated: 2022-04-06Bibliographically approved
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1. A Protocol Framework for Adaptive Real-Time Communication in Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Protocol Framework for Adaptive Real-Time Communication in Industrial Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks
2014 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Low-power and resource-constrained wireless technology has been regarded as an emerging technology that introduces a paradigm shift in a wide range of applications such as industrial automation, smart grid, home automation and so on. The automation industry has significant contributions to economic revenues, job opportunities and world-class research. The low-power and resource-constrained wireless technology has brought new opportunity and challenges for industrial automation. The solutions of such wireless technology offer benefits in relation to lower cost and more flexible deployments/maintenances than the wired solutions, and new applications that are not possible with wired communication. However, these wireless solutions have been introducing new challenges. Wireless links are inherently unreliable, especially in industrial harsh environment, and wireless interference makes the problem even worse. Low-power consumption is required and real-time communication is generally crucial in industrial automation applications.

This research work addresses that industrial wireless sensor and actuator network (IWSAN) should even be designed to provide service differentiation for wireless medium access and adapt to link dynamics for scheduling algorithms on top of real-time services. Specifically, exceeding the required delay bound for unpredictable and emergency traffic in industrial automation applications could lead to system instability, economic and material losses, system failure and, ultimately, a threat to human safety. Therefore, guaranteeing the timely delivery of the IWSAN critical traffic and its prioritization over regular traffic (e.g. non-critical monitoring traffic) is a significant topic. In addition, the state-of-the-art researches address a multitude of objectives for scheduling algorithms in IWSAN. However, the adaptation to the dynamics of a realistic wireless sensor network has not been investigated in a satisfactory manner. This is a key issue considering the challenges within industrial applications, given the time-constraints and harsh environments.

In response to those challenges, a protocol framework for adaptive real-time communication in IWSAN is proposed. It mainly consists of a priority-based medium access protocol (MAC) and its extension for routing critical traffic, a hybrid scheme for acyclic traffic, and adaptive scheduling algorithms. To the best of our knowledge, the priority-based MAC solution is the first priority-enhanced MAC protocol compatible with industrial standards for IWSAN. The proposed solutions have been implemented in TinyOS and evaluated on a test-bed of Telosb motes and the TOSSIM network simulator. The experimental results indicate that the proposed priority-based solutions are able to efficiently handle different traffic categories and achieve a significant improvement in the delivery latency. The hybrid scheme for acyclic traffic increases the throughput and reduces the delay compared to the current industrial standards. Numerical results show that the adaptive scheduling algorithms improve the quality of service for the entire network. They achieve significant improvements for realistic dynamic wireless sensor networks when compared to existing scheduling algorithms with the aim to minimize latency for real-time communication.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sundsvall: Kopieringen Mittuniversitetet, 2014. p. 199
Series
Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis, ISSN 1652-893X ; 178
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-22110 (URN)STC (Local ID)978-91-87557-31-6 (ISBN)STC (Archive number)STC (OAI)
Public defence
2014-03-06, L111, Sundsvall, 13:15 (English)
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Available from: 2014-06-12 Created: 2014-06-06 Last updated: 2018-01-11Bibliographically approved

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