Cross-Layer Wireless Networking for Low Energy Sensor Networks

In this paper we set the scene for new low power wireless sensor network protocol and architecture suitable for field implementation in the context of Internet of Things (IoT), and a variety of security, defense or general campus applications, where the wireless sensor power expenditure is critical. The sensor network we propose is divided into sub-nets which account for sensor geographical "congregation" due to a prescribed or an ad-hoc deployment, depending on the situation at hand. We consider a geographically fixed and static (not-moving-sensors) network but it is a dynamic one in a sense that the relationships between the sensor nodes (local and global) is a dynamic one (such as which sensor is "in charge" at any given time). We propose (i) new approach to low power sensor wireless protocol as well as (ii) an introductory description of the simulation environment to test protocol's effectiveness. The paper is a part of an ongoing research.