Multiple pans conflict resolution method in zigbee

• US 8,457,047 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2009
• Issued: 06/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Hyun-Hak, Park, No-Seong, Doh, Yoonmee, Jun, Jong-Arm, Pyo, Cheol Sig
• Primary Examiner(s): Nooristany, Sulaiman
• Application Number:
  US12/534,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20100150065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of preventing overlap of multiple PANs in a ZigBee network. According to the method of preventing overlap of multiple personal area networks (PANs) in the ZigBee network, a first node included in a first PAN of the ZigBee network verifies whether overlap of the multiple PANs occurs by verifying packets received from neighbor nodes, identifies beacon information of a neighbor node that causes the overlap of the multiple PANs by gradually adjusting radio frequency (RF) transmission wave, and adjusts a communication range based on the beacon information.

Claims

1. A method of preventing overlap of multiple personal area networks (PANs) in a ZigBee network, the method performed by a first node included in a first PAN of the ZigBee network, the method comprising:

verifying whether overlap of the multiple PANs occurs by determining whether a communication status of communication performed over the first PAN satisfies a predetermined communication standard;

when the overlap of the multiple PANs is verified, identifying beacon information of a neighbor node that causes the overlap of the multiple PANs by;

transmitting a beacon request message to the neighbor node by gradually changing a strength level of the RF transmission wave, and

receiving a beacon response message from the neighbor node in response to the transmitting the beacon request message, wherein the beacon response message comprises the beacon information of the neighbor node;

adjusting a communication radius of the first node based on the beacon information of the neighbor node received in the beacon response message; and

connecting the first node to a second node, when the second node that is a node in the first PAN is a closest node to the first node among nodes in the communication radius of the first node,

wherein the adjusting of the communication radius comprises determining a strength level of an RF transmission wave to be capable of preventing the overlap of the multiple PANs based on the beacon information, and

wherein the predetermined communication standard is a standard related to a transmission/reception rate or a transmission/reception error generation rate of each node over the first PAN.

2. A method of preventing overlap of multiple personal area networks (PANs) in a ZigBee network, the method performed by a first node included in a first PAN of the ZigBee network, the method comprising:

verifying whether overlap of the multiple PANs occurs by determining whether a communication status of communication performed over the first PAN satisfies a predetermined communication standard;

when the overlap of the multiple PANs is verified, identifying beacon information of a neighbor node that causes the overlap of the multiple PANs by;

transmitting a beacon request message to the neighbor node by gradually changing a strength level of the RF transmission wave, and

receiving a beacon response message from the neighbor node in response to the transmitting the beacon request message, wherein the beacon response message comprises the beacon information of the neighbor node;

adjusting a communication radius of the first node based on the beacon information of the neighbor node received in the beacon response message; and

connecting the first node to a second node and joined to a second PAN, when the second node that is a node in the second PAN is a closest node to the first node among nodes in the communication radius of the first node,

wherein the adjusting of the communication radius comprises determining a strength level of an RF transmission wave to be capable of preventing the overlap of the multiple PANs based on the beacon information, and

wherein the predetermined communication standard is a standard related to a transmission/reception rate or a transmission/reception error generation rate of each node over the first PAN.

3. A first node configured to prevent overlap of multiple PANs in a ZigBee network, wherein the first node is included in a first PAN of the ZigBee network and comprises:

a communication unit configured to perform transmission and reception of packets with neighbor nodes; and

a node controlling unit configured to;

verify whether overlap of the multiple PANs occurs by determining whether a communication status of communication performed over the first PAN satisfies a predetermined communication standard;

when the overlap of the multiple PANs is verified, identify beacon information of a neighbor node that causes the overlap of the multiple PANs by;

transmitting a beacon request message to the neighbor node via the communication unit by gradually changing a strength level of the RF transmission wave, and

receiving a beacon response message from the neighbor node via the communication unit in response to the transmitting the beacon request message, wherein the beacon response message comprises the beacon information of the neighbor node;

adjust a communication radius of the first node based on the beacon information of the neighbor node received in the beacon response message; and

connect the first node to a second node, when the second node that is a node in the first PAN is a closest node to the first node among nodes in the communication radius of the first node,

wherein the node controlling unit adjusts the communication radius by determining the strength level of the RF transmission wave to be capable of preventing the overlap of the multiple PANs based on the beacon information, and

wherein the predetermined communication standard is a standard related to a transmission/reception rate or a transmission/reception error generation rate of each node over the first PAN.

4. A first node configured to prevent overlap of multiple PANs in a ZigBee network, the first node comprising:

a communication status determining unit configured to determine whether a communication status of communication performed over a first PAN satisfies a predetermined communication standard;

a beacon information verifying unit configured to, when the communication status does not satisfy the predetermined communication standard, identify beacon information of a neighbor node included in a different PAN that causes overlap with the first PAN by;

transmitting a beacon request message to the neighbor node by gradually changing a strength level of the RF transmission wave; and

receiving a beacon response message from the neighbor node in response to the transmitting the beacon request message, wherein the beacon response message comprises the beacon information of the neighbor node; and

a communication controlling unit configured to adjust a communication radius of the first node based on the beacon information of the neighbor node received in the beacon response message,

wherein the communication controlling unit is configured to connect the first node to a second node and joined to a second PAN, when the second node that is a node in the second PAN is a closest node to the first node among nodes in the communication radius of the first node, and

wherein the predetermined communication standard is a standard related to a transmission/reception rate or a transmission/reception error generation rate of each node over the first PAN.