Software Defined Network Based Management Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks

Catherine Nayer Tadros, Bassem Mokhtar, Mohamed R.M. Rizk

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has growth rapidly over the past years. As it is now applied in many fields as in health care systems, home automation, security surveillance, disaster management and more. Due to the high demand on WSN, it is important to find a solution for one of the major challenges in WSN which is the energy consumption of its battery operated sensor device. So in this paper we propose to use Software Defined technology into WSN to enhance network management and to prolong network lifetime. As the main feature of Software Defined Network (SDN) is the centralization of control by separating between control plane and data plane. This transform sensor nodes from forwarding devices into dummy devices (or receiver only) also simplifies network management. We study different SDN-based management architectures. We adapt the logically centralized-physically distributed architecture in a WSN environment. Our simulation of the studied SDN-based WSN management using Mininet-WIFI simulator shows that the logically centralized-physically distributed architecture outperforms the other architectures in achieving less delay and higher throughput.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, IEMCON 2018
EditorsSatyajit Chakrabarti, Himadri Nath Saha
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1200-1205
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538672662
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event9th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, IEMCON 2018 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: Nov 1 2018Nov 3 2018

Publication series

Name2018 IEEE 9th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, IEMCON 2018

Conference

Conference9th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, IEMCON 2018
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period11/1/1811/3/18

Keywords

  • Clustering
  • Network management
  • Quality of Service
  • Software Defined Network
  • Wireless Sensor Network

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Instrumentation

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