An optimised resource aware approach to information collection in ad hoc networks

Lipman, J; Abolhasan, M; Boustead, P; Chicharo, J

An optimised resource aware approach to information collection in ad hoc networks

Lipman, J

Abolhasan, M

Boustead, P Chicharo, J

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Citation:: Ad Hoc Networks, 2005, 3 (5), pp. 643 - 655
Issue Date:: 2005-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lipman, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2877-1168	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Abolhasan, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-6666	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Boustead, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chicharo, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Ad Hoc Networks, 2005, 3 (5), pp. 643 - 655	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1570-8705	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/15480
dc.description.abstract	In ad hoc networks there is a need for all-to-one protocols that allow for information collection or "sensing" of the state of an ad hoc network and the nodes that comprise it. Such protocols may be used for service discovery, auto-configuration, network management, topology discovery or reliable flooding. There is a parallel between this type of sensing in ad hoc networks and that of sensor networks. However, ad hoc networks and sensor networks differ in their application, construction, characteristics and constraints. The main priority of sensor networks is for the flow of data from sensors back to a sink, but in an ad hoc network this may be of secondary importance. Hence, protocols suitable to sensor networks are not necessarily suitable to ad hoc networks and vice versa. We propose, Resource Aware Information Collection (RAIC), a distributed two phased resource aware approach to information collection in ad hoc networks. RAIC utilises a resource aware optimised flooding mechanism to both disseminate requests and initialise a backbone of resource suitable nodes responsible for relaying replies back to the node collecting information. RAIC in the process of collecting information from all nodes in an ad hoc network is shown to consume less energy and introduce less overhead compared with Directed Diffusion and a brute force approach. Importantly, over multiple successive queries (in an energy constrained environment), the use of resource awareness allows for the load of relaying to be distributed to those nodes most suitable, thereby extending the lifetime of the network. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Ad Hoc Networks	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.adhoc.2004.08.010	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Networking & Telecommunications	en_US
dc.title	An optimised resource aware approach to information collection in ad hoc networks	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.for	1005 Communications Technologies	en_US
utslib.for	0805 Distributed Computing	en_US
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CRIN - Realtime Information Networks
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - GBDTC - Global Big Data Technologies
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pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	3	en_US

Abstract:

In ad hoc networks there is a need for all-to-one protocols that allow for information collection or "sensing" of the state of an ad hoc network and the nodes that comprise it. Such protocols may be used for service discovery, auto-configuration, network management, topology discovery or reliable flooding. There is a parallel between this type of sensing in ad hoc networks and that of sensor networks. However, ad hoc networks and sensor networks differ in their application, construction, characteristics and constraints. The main priority of sensor networks is for the flow of data from sensors back to a sink, but in an ad hoc network this may be of secondary importance. Hence, protocols suitable to sensor networks are not necessarily suitable to ad hoc networks and vice versa. We propose, Resource Aware Information Collection (RAIC), a distributed two phased resource aware approach to information collection in ad hoc networks. RAIC utilises a resource aware optimised flooding mechanism to both disseminate requests and initialise a backbone of resource suitable nodes responsible for relaying replies back to the node collecting information. RAIC in the process of collecting information from all nodes in an ad hoc network is shown to consume less energy and introduce less overhead compared with Directed Diffusion and a brute force approach. Importantly, over multiple successive queries (in an energy constrained environment), the use of resource awareness allows for the load of relaying to be distributed to those nodes most suitable, thereby extending the lifetime of the network. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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