Fine-grained performance analysis of massive MTC networks with scheduling and data aggregation

Abstract. The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a substantial shift within wireless communication and constitutes a relevant topic of social, economic, and overall technical impact. It refers to resource-constrained devices communicating without or with low human intervention. However, communication among machines imposes several challenges compared to traditional human type communication (HTC). Moreover, as the number of devices increases exponentially, different network management techniques and technologies are needed. Data aggregation is an efficient approach to handle the congestion introduced by a massive number of machine type devices (MTDs). The aggregators not only collect data but also implement scheduling mechanisms to cope with scarce network resources. This thesis provides an overview of the most common IoT applications and the network technologies to support them. We describe the most important challenges in machine type communication (MTC). We use a stochastic geometry (SG) tool known as the meta distribution (MD) of the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), which is the distribution of the conditional SIR distribution given the wireless nodes’ locations, to provide a fine-grained description of the per-link reliability. Specifically, we analyze the performance of two scheduling methods for data aggregation of MTC: random resource scheduling (RRS) and channel-aware resource scheduling (CRS). The results show the fraction of users in the network that achieves a target reliability, which is an important aspect to consider when designing wireless systems with stringent service requirements. Finally, the impact on the fraction of MTDs that communicate with a target reliability when increasing the aggregators density is investigated

A Plotless Density Estimator based on the Asymptotic Limit of Ordered Distance Estimation Values

Estimation of tree density from point-tree distances is an attractive option for quick inventory of new sites, but estimators that are unbiased in clustered and dispersed situations have not been found. Noting that bias of an estimator derived from distances to the kth nearest neighbor from a random point tends to decrease with increasing k, a method is proposed for estimating the limit of an asymptotic function through a set of ordered distance estimators. A standard asymptotic model is derived from the limiting case of a clustered distribution. The proposed estimator is evaluated against 13 types of simulated generating processes, including random, clustered, dispersed and mixed. Performance is compared with ordered distance estimation of the same rank, and with fixed-area sampling with the same number of trees tallied. The proposed estimator consistently performs better than ordered distance estimation, and nearly as well as fixed area sampling in all but the most clustered situations. The estimator also provides information regarding the degree of clustering or dispersion

SSFSCE: Design of a Sleep Scheduling based Fan Shaped Clustering Model to enhance working Energy Efficiency of WSN

To enhance energy level in WSN is a research requirement, which assists in improving their lifetime over a series of communications. To achieve this target, a various variety of clustering & sleep scheduling models are discussed by researchers. Most of these models deploy static clustering & sleep scheduling operations, which limits their applicability & scalability levels. Moreover, dynamic clustering & scheduling models are highly complex, which reduces temporal QoS performance under real-time use cases. In order to reduce the probability of these issues, this text discusses design of the proposed Sleep Scheduling based Fan Shaped Clustering Model to enhance working Energy Efficiency of WSN. The proposed model initially deploys a Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) Method for dynamic sleep scheduling via temporal performance analysis. The GWO Method models a fitness function that combines temporal usage levels, temporal Quality of Service (QoS), and temporal energy levels. Based on this modelling process, nodes were categorized into wake & sleep nodes, which were further clustered via destination-aware Fan Shaped Clustering (FSC), that assisted in improving QoS performance under multiple scenarios. The FSC Model was combined with a QoS-aware routing model, that assisted in selection of routing paths that can achieve low delay, high throughput, and high packet delivery with higher energy efficiency levels. Efficiency of the model was tested on node & network conditions, and its QoS performance was checked in terms of communication delay, consumption of energy, level of throughput, and Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR) levels. On the basis of these comparative evaluations, it is observed that the new proposed model is able to enhance end-to-end delay by 8.5%, reduce level of energy by 15.5%, while increasing throughput by 8.3%, and PDR by 1.5%, thus making it useful for a different real-time conditions