METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DATA

• US 20100142497A1
• Filed: 12/03/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KIM, Kyeong Tae, JANG, Jeong Ah, Jang, Byung Tae, KIM, Do Hyun, LIM, Jae Han, YOO, Jaejun, SUNG, Kyung Bok, KIM, Jungsook, CHOI, Jeong Dan
• Application Number:
  US12/630,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20100142497A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/337
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/26 Resource reservation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Provided is a method for minimizing energy consumption while increasing a data rate between sensor nodes in a sensor network. In the sensor network, a parent node receives reservation information from a first node among a plurality of child nodes in a first period and broadcasts channel allocation information of the first node according to the reservation information in the first period so that the first node performs the data transmission in a second period or third period and maintains a sleep mode until the first period ends.

Claims

1. A method for receiving data from a plurality of child nodes by a parent node in a sensor network including the parent node and the plurality of child nodes, comprising:

receiving first reservation information that includes a size of data to be transmitted by a first node among the plurality of child nodes from the first node in a first period;

broadcasting first channel allocation information on the first node based on the first reservation information in the first period so that the first node performs data transmission in a second or third period; and

maintaining a sleep mode from the broadcasting of the first channel allocation information to a time when the first period ends.

2. The method for receiving data of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving first data from the first node in the second period; and

maintaining the sleep mode from the receiving of the first data to a time when the second period ends.

3. The method for receiving data of claim 2, wherein

the first period, the second period, and the third period include

a contention interval, a control interval, a transmission interval, or a sleep interval.

4. The method for receiving data of claim 3, wherein,

in the receiving of the first reservation information, the parent node receives the first reservation information in the contention interval of the first period,

in the broadcasting of the first channel allocation information, the parent node broadcasts the first channel allocation information in the control interval of the first period, and

in the maintaining of the sleep mode to a time when the first period ends, the parent node maintains the sleep mode from a time when the control interval of the first period ends to a time when the first period ends.

5. The method for receiving data of claim 3, wherein,

in the receiving of the first data, the parent node receives the first data in the transmission interval of the second period, and

in the maintaining of the sleep mode to a time when the second period ends, the parent node maintains the sleep mode from a time when the transmission interval of the second period ends to a time when the second period ends.

6. The method for receiving data of claim 3, wherein

any one of the first period, the second period, and the third period includes one or more transmission intervals.

7. The method for receiving data of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving second reservation information that includes a size of data to be transmitted by a second node among the plurality of child nodes from the second node in the contention interval of the first period;

broadcasting the second channel allocation information on the second node based on the second reservation information in the control interval of the second period prior to the receiving the first data so that the second node performs data transmission in the third period;

receiving second data from the first node in a first transmission interval of the third period by the parent node;

receiving third data from the second node in a second transmission interval of the third period after receiving the second data; and

maintaining the sleep node from a time when the second transmission interval of the third period ends to a time when the third period ends.

8. A method for transmitting data to a parent node by one of a plurality of child nodes in a sensor network including the parent node and the plurality of child nodes, comprising:

attempting occupation of a contention interval of a first period;

transmitting reservation information that includes node identification information and size information of data to be transmitted to the parent node in the contention interval of the first period, when the child node occupies the contention interval of the first period;

receiving control information that includes the node identification information and channel allocation information from the parent node in the control interval of the first period;

maintaining a sleep mode of the first period from the receiving of the control information to a time when the first period ends; and

transmitting first data to the parent node in a transmission interval of a second period according to the channel allocation information.

9. The method for transmitting data of claim 8, wherein

In the attempting, the child node attempts the occupation of the contention interval of the first period according to a carrier sensing multiple access scheme.

10. The method for transmitting data of claim 8, further comprising

maintaining the sleep mode in a sleep interval of the second period from a time when the transmission interval of the second period ends to a time when the second period ends.