GINSENG: Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks
Theresa O’Donovan, James Brown, Utz Roedig, Cormac J. Sreenan, João Marcos do Ó, Adam Dunkels, Alexander Klein, Jorge Sá Silva, Vasos Vassiliou, Lars Christian Wolf · 2010
The goal of the GINSENG project is a performance-controlled sensor network suitable for applications with specific network performance requirements, such as plant automation and health monitoring. Any such sensor network must include a deterministic MAC protocol that can meet the application's targets in areas like delivery delays and reliability. We present a description and preliminary evaluation results of GinMAC, designed to be such a MAC protocol. Also included are details of a deployment to the GALP oil refinery in Sines, Portugal.