This paper draws attention to techniques available for the minimization of control overhead in software-defined wireless sensor networks (SDWSNs). Software-defined networking (SDN) promises improved management flexibility and control for inherently resource-constrained and heterogeneous wireless sensor network (WSN) implementations. However, due to the in-band traffic channel available for data and control traffic in SDN-based WSNs, overhead control traffic has been viewed as a bottleneck affecting network performance and controller responsiveness. A discussion on the need for control message quenching (CMQ) and the various categories of CMQ implementations in SDWSN is made in this paper. Furthermore, a CMQ algorithm based on reducing duplicate flow request packets is discussed and demonstrated for implementation in an SDN-based WSN framework. Results show a significant reduction in control overhead traffic and noticeable improvement in energy efficiency. However, trade-offs in terms of packet delivery rate and packet delay are also observed as a result of the CMQ algorithm. A discussion on future work necessary to optimize CMQ algorithms in order to minimize the associated trade-offs is also made.
Reference:
Ndiaye, M. et al. 2019. Exploring control-message quenching in SDN-based management of 6LowPANs. In: The IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics, Finland, Helsinki-Espoo, 22-25 July 2019
Ndiaye, M., Abu-Mahfouz, A. M., Hancke, G., & Silva, B. (2019). Exploring control-message quenching in SDN-based management of 6LowPANs. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11319
Ndiaye, M, Adnan MI Abu-Mahfouz, GP Hancke, and B Silva. "Exploring control-message quenching in SDN-based management of 6LowPANs." (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11319
Ndiaye M, Abu-Mahfouz AM, Hancke G, Silva B, Exploring control-message quenching in SDN-based management of 6LowPANs; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11319 .
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