A hybrid approach for seamless and interoperable communication in the internet of things

Reliable and resource-aware communication is a challenging task in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. In these networks, seamless and interoperable communication among member devices is a challenging task that becomes more complex with the simultaneous communication of two or more devices with a cen...

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Main Authors: Rahim Khan, Ihsan Ali, Mian A. Jan, Muhammad Zakarya, Muazzam A. Khan, Sultan S. Alshamrani, Mohsen Guizani
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2021
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33377/1/A%20hybrid%20approach%20for%20seamless%20and%20interoperable%20communication%20in%20the%20internet%20of%20things.ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33377/2/A%20hybrid%20approach%20for%20seamless%20and%20interoperable%20communication%20in%20the%20internet%20of%20things.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33377/
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9530710
https://doi.10.1109/MNET.011.2000787
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Summary:Reliable and resource-aware communication is a challenging task in Internet of Things (IoT) networks. In these networks, seamless and interoperable communication among member devices is a challenging task that becomes more complex with the simultaneous communication of two or more devices with a centralized controller, that is, a cluster head or a gateway module. While addressing this challenge, existing approaches suffer from excessive packet collision, bandwidth consumption, packet loss, laten-cy, and unnecessary waiting for the TDMA slots. In this article, a hybrid communication approach is proposed to resolve most of the aforementioned challenges. Initially, a dynamic TDMA approach is presented to permit simultaneous and interoperable communication among multiple devices and their controller modules. The proposed approach allocates a variable number of time-slots to the IoT devices. For the time-slot allocation, an enhanced RTS/CTS mechanism is devised to allow seamless communication with a minimum possible latency, waiting time and bandwidth consumption. A case study of the proposed approach in a real-world IoT scenario is also presented. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of our proposed approach.