Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, PhD

Publication type:  Journal Article

Authors: L. Lo Bello, A. Lombardo, S. Milardo, G. Patti, M. Reno

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volume: 16

Issue: 8

Pages: 5586-5595

Date: Aug. 2020

Abstract:
Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (IWSN) are expected to support in the near future a wide range of applications in which mobile nodes, for example robots or humans, interoperate between them and with machinery. However, the real-time constraints imposed by the industrial processing make mobility support quite challenging. This paper proposes an approach based on Software Defined Networking, herein named Forwarding and TSCH Scheduling over SDN (FTS-SDN), that handles transmission scheduling and node mobility in IWSN providing bounded end-to-end delays. The paper presents the detailed design of the FTS-SDN and the implementation on commercial-off-the-shelf devices. In addition, the FTS-SDN performance are extensively discussed, providing simulation results and experimental measurements obtained in a real scenario.

Keywords: IEEE 802.15.4; TSCH; Software Defined Networking; Real-time networks; Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

Publisher: IEEE

DOI:  10.1109/TII.2020.2963846

URL:  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8949749

Status: published

Cite as:
 L. Lo Bello, A. Lombardo, S. Milardo, G. Patti, M. Reno , "Experimental Assessments and Analysis of an SDN Framework to Integrate Mobility Management in Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 5586-5595, Aug. 2020