Path quality estimator for 802.15.4E TSCH fast deployment tool
José Vera-Pérez, David Todolí-Ferrandis, Salvador Climent, Javier Silvestre-Blanes, Víctor Sempere-Payá · Telfor Journal · 2018
This paper introduces a novel quality estimator that uses different metrics to decide the best path towards the root in Wireless Sensor Networks. The different metrics are assessed at medium access control layer (MAC), under the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, and are used at network layer, enhancing the best path selection process done by the routing protocol, and at the application layer, enabling visual quality indicators in the nodes. This quality function is used during deployment stage; ensuring nodes are located optimally and nimbly. This mechanism will help WSN's adoption in Industrial Internet of Things applications.