Performance Evaluation of Source Routing Minimum Cost Forwarding Protocol Over 6TiSCH Applied to the OpenMote-B Platform

Abstract

The aim of this work is the development of Source Routing Minimum Cost Forwarding (SRMCF) protocol over IPv6 over the TSCH mode of IEEE 802.15.4e (6TiSCH), evaluating the performance of these protocols for the Internet of Things (IoT), and different healthcare, medical monitoring, and urban mobility applications. To perform this evaluation, this work is making use of the OpenWSN project platform, which implements IEEE 802.15.4e in an open-source environment. The evaluation process is also being done in the most recent version of the OpenMote-B platform. Another goal of this research is to give contribution to the investigation of the applicability of quality of service (QoS) applied to the IEEE 802.15.4e standard. In the present stage of development, the efforts are concentrated on the programming of the required code and the adaptation of the OpenWSN stack. Experimental results have shown that the proposed protocol is capable of reducing Packet Loss Ratio (PLR) and energy consumption in comparison to the Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL). In the next steps the team will also investigate the possibilities to explore long-range routing techniques using the OpenMote platforms, together with xBee, LoraWAN, Raspberry PI, and Arduino platforms.