Adaptation of the ALOHA-Q protocol to Multi-Hop Wireless Sensor Networks
Conference: European Wireless 2014 - 20th European Wireless Conference
05/14/2014 - 05/16/2014 at Barcelona, Spain
Proceedings: European Wireless 2014
Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Yan, Yan; Mitchell, Paul; Clarke, Tim; Grace, David (Department of Electronics, University of York, York, United Kingdom)
Abstract:
This paper presents the implementation and evaluation of a Q-learning based slotted ALOHA protocol (ALOHAQ) for multi-hop wireless sensor networks. Simulation results indicate that hidden nodes have a significant impact on performance of ALOHA-Q. This issue is investigated analytically and a distinctive slot swapping technique is introduced. Its effectiveness is examined through simulation and results show that ALOHA-Q can achieve its best performance despite of the effect of the hidden nodes.