| Author | Shakya, Nikesh Man |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no.TC-14-03 |
| Note | A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Engineering in
Telecommunication, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The growing needs of saving the energy fuels have motivated the innovation towards the utilization of the smart metering system. Providing smart metering is not merely limited to electric meters; it comprises of the gas and/or water meters as well, to build a heterogeneous network. The fundamental distinction between electric and water/gas meter is that the latter is not connected to the mains power line and feed on the battery. Battery consumption is a major issue that should be considered for the design of the communication modules and the networks tailored for gas/water meters and routing is one of key elements affecting the performance and lifetime of such heterogeneous network and is profoundly reliant on the parent selection algorithm. In this research, a new smart and energy efficient objective function is devised to develop an IPv6 meshed topology mixed with battery powered devices and mains line powered devices that is based on a standardized protocol RPL (IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy networks) with the aim to use the energy efficiently and extend the network lifetime. This new approach takes both the link quality and node energy into account, unlike the existing ones that operate on only one metric. The proposed scheme is implemented in ContikiOS and compared with the existing scheme. Simulations were performed for different packet reception ratios and the results show that the proposed objective function balances the energy consumption proficiently and prolongs the network lifetime. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Research Report |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Telecommunications (TC) |
| Chairperson(s) | Teerapat Sanguankotchakorn; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn;Poompat Saengudomlert; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Fellowship; |