EP3625992A1 - Dispositif et procede de sequencement temporel et frequentiel pour la transmission de paquets de donnees dans un reseau maille - Google Patents
Dispositif et procede de sequencement temporel et frequentiel pour la transmission de paquets de donnees dans un reseau mailleInfo
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- the invention relates to the field of telecommunications and in particular relates to a device and a method of time and frequency sequencing for the transmission of data packets in a mesh network.
- Mesh networks or “mesh” networks organized around sensors and actuators consist of a set of nodes in which each node is likely to carry one (or more) sensor or actuator, and to communicate by radio with others. nodes that are under radio range, so as to allow a rise in measurements (and respectively a routing of commands) to (and respectively from) a central node or gateway.
- the gateway node connects the sensor network to another network encompassing, typically the Internet, and any communication between a node of the mesh network and an outside node is necessarily via the gateway node.
- Measurements and commands, as well as a number of service messages are formatted as data packets.
- a node may thus be required to transmit data packets on its own behalf if it wishes to transmit a measurement from a local sensor, or to receive data packets if it receives a command concerning it.
- a node may also transmit and / or receive data packets on behalf of another node to the origin of the measurement or the destination of the order.
- the mesh network provides routing functionality that assumes a tree topology between the nodes and the gateway, as shown in Figure 1. The routing topology makes it possible to assign a parent node to each node in the network (100).
- a source node for example 'X' must transmit a packet to the gateway 'C for its own account or on behalf of another node, it must forward it to its parent node ⁇ '.
- the packet arrives at the gateway step by step in successive bursts according to a routing path in which each intermediate node ⁇ , Z 'must relay the packet to its parent.
- the number of hops needed to join the gateway is a feature of the source node that is referred to as the "rank" of that node.
- the source node 'X' is of rank 3.
- the transmission is always bound by by forwarding the packet to a child node, in principle to the child node that allows the best routing, given the destination node.
- the nodes can be made aware of the topology of the subnet of their downstream nodes, so as to determine the child node to which to send the packet, given the destination node.
- only the gateway node is aware of the subnet topology, and the exhaustive information of the route to be followed to reach the target node is incorporated by the gateway node into the downstream data packets.
- the packet transmission rules are established to determine when a node can transmit, and on which radio channel for cases where the network is deployed on multiple channels and not one.
- the possibility of transmitting on several radio channels makes it possible to benefit from an improvement in performance, by exploiting the diversity of fading phenomena on said channels.
- these issues are addressed by the MAC layer (Medium Access Layer).
- Two classes of solutions can be considered, that for synchronous networks and those for asynchronous networks.
- asynchronous systems have disadvantages, two major ones:
- Synchronous networks can resolve the limits of asynchronous networks, but at the cost of increased complexity.
- the gateway node can act as a synchronization source. Synchronization of the gateway node can be transmitted from hop to hop across the network, adopting a tree topology similar to that of Figure 1.
- the time base implemented in these networks typically consists of a frame structure that repeats indefinitely.
- a frame consists of a set of successive time units or "timeslots" in which it is possible to transmit a data packet.
- the timeslot allows both the transmission of a data packet from one node to another neighboring node, followed by the receipt of an acknowledgment message in the opposite direction. This is for example the case of the system defined in the IEEE 802.15.4 e standard.
- the time sequencing mechanism must be defined to establish when a node is allowed to transmit a packet to its parent or one of its children, and on which channel, if the network has multiple independent radio channels. It is then necessary to determine on which timeslot and on which radio channels, the transmissions of a node towards its parent or one of its children are authorized, the combination of a unit of time (the "timeslot") with a radio channel is commonly referred to by the term cell ("cell" in English).
- FIG. 2 illustrates on a frame structure containing a plurality of time units, which cells allow on which radio channel bidirectional communications between a parent node ⁇ and one of its child nodes X 'to provide collision-free communications, while minimizing end-to-end latency.
- cell may refer to a "logical” rather than “physical” radio channel.
- logical rather than “physical” radio channel.
- physical_channel (logical channel + fh (timeslot))% 16 being understood that the physical channels are also marked by indexes ranging from 0 at 15. This frequency hopping function is assumed to be pseudo random.
- the "slotted ALOHA" mode which consists of using the ALOHA retransmissions previously mentioned in the context of asynchronous networks, and applying them to the frame structures of the synchronous networks.
- a node is allowed to broadcast at any time. If a collision (or any other transmission problem) is detected by an absence of acknowledgment, a retransmission is provided in an upcoming cell.
- the identification of the cell is based on the characteristics of the receiver, for example its MAC address.
- Each node is listening on its own cell (or cells) based on the receiver;
- Transmitter-based shared cells The identification of the cell (the timeslot and the logical radio channel) is based on the characteristics of the transmitter, for example its MAC address. This type of cell can be used for the emission of local broadcast frames; and
- An object of the present invention is to provide a solution for transmitting data packets in a mesh network, which is collision free and which ensures bounded latencies for end-to-end communications.
- the invention allows communications to benefit from optimized latencies, given the constraint of absence of collisions.
- the invention will find an advantageous application in the industrial fields designing communication solutions for wireless mesh networks, in industrial contexts where performance guarantee aspects are important, in particular for exploiting radio technologies based on a MAC layer.
- synchronous implementing cells such as 802.15.4 e technology (TSCH mode).
- TSCH mode synchronous implementing cells
- applications for mesh networks of smart grid type, smart city, or industrial alliances such as the alliance WI-SUN (https://www.wi-sun.org/), or the smart home applications, or industrial alliances such as the Thread alliance (http://threadgroup.org/).
- WI-SUN https://www.wi-sun.org/
- the smart home applications or industrial alliances such as the Thread alliance (http://threadgroup.org/).
- a method and a device are proposed.
- the mesh network has a tree routing functionality defining routing paths between a central node and a plurality of nodes, a routing path allowing a node to send / receive data to the central node / node in a number of hops defining the rank of the node, the routing path between a node of rank 'n' and the central node of rank ⁇ 'consisting of a set of radio links between neighboring nodes.
- the method for uplink data transmission traffic to the central node includes the steps of:
- a frame structure comprising a predefined number of sequentially indexed time units, a unit of time allowing the transmission of data between two nodes, and comprising at least one transmission radio channel, the association of a unit of time with a radio channel defining a cell of the frame;
- the step of allocating cells on behalf of each of the nodes of the same rank 'n' is made node by node according to an arbitrary order, and it consists of:
- radio link cells by radio link on the path between a current node N and the central node, starting with the link attached to the central node, the allocation of cells on a link between two nodes Ni and Nj consisting of an allocation joined on the nodes Ni and Nj on behalf of the node N, such as to a cell allocated in transmission on the node Ni on a unit of time and a radio channel, it corresponds to a cell allocated in reception on the node Nj on the same unit of time and on the same radio channel, an attached allocation being made if:
- node N1 a unit of time is available in node N1;
- the same unit of time is available in the node Nj; and a cell corresponding to the time unit is neither allocated in transmission nor in reception on any radio channel to any of the neighboring nodes of the node Ni having a power level in reception of a received radio signal (RSSI) higher than a minimum level; and
- RSSI received radio signal
- the same cell is neither allocated in transmission nor in reception on any radio channel to any of the neighboring nodes of the node Nj having an RSSI higher than a minimum level.
- the cell that is allocated on behalf of a current node N is the one with the highest index time unit in the frame.
- the method For downlink traffic, in reception by a node of the data network of the central node, the method comprises the steps of:
- a frame structure comprising a predefined number of sequentially indexed time units, a unit of time allowing the transmission of data between two nodes, and comprising at least one transmission radio channel, the association of a unit of time with a radio channel defining a cell of the frame;
- the step of allocating cells on behalf of each of the nodes of the same rank 'n' is made node by node according to an arbitrary order, and it consists of:
- radio link cells by radio link on the path between the central node and a current node N, starting with the link attached to the current node N, the allocation of cells on a link between two nodes Ni and Nj consisting of an attached allocation on the nodes Ni and Nj on behalf of the node N, such that to a cell allocated in transmission on the node Ni on a unit of time and a radio channel, it corresponds to a cell allocated in reception on the node Nj on the same unit of time and on the same radio channel, an attached allocation being made if:
- node N1 a unit of time is available in node N1;
- a cell corresponding to the time unit is neither allocated in transmission nor in reception on any radio channel to any of the neighboring nodes of the node Ni having a power level in reception of a received radio signal (RSSI) higher than a minimum level;
- the same cell is neither allocated in transmission nor in reception on any radio channel to any of the neighboring nodes of the node Nj having an RSSI higher than a minimum level.
- the cell that is allocated on behalf of a current node N is the one with the lowest index time unit in the frame. According to embodiments of the method in uplink or downlink traffic:
- the minimum level of RSSI is predefined as being the level for a neighboring node to be able to generate a collision; includes an additional step for communicating the cell allocation information to the nodes of the network;
- the structure of the frame contains one or more cells shared between several nodes;
- the frame contains a number of cells greater than or equal to the number of nodes of the network.
- the invention also covers a device for transmitting data packets in a mesh network comprising means for implementing the steps of the claimed method.
- the invention can be implemented in a mesh network comprising a central node and a plurality of nodes able to send and receive data during allocated time units.
- the mesh network can comply with the IEEE 802.15 4e standard in TSCH MAC mode.
- the invention may operate in the form of a computer program product that includes code instructions for performing the claimed process steps when the program is run on a computer.
- Figure 1 illustrates a mesh network environment for operating the method of the invention
- Figure 2 illustrates on a frame structure, cells allowing on a radio channel bidirectional communications between a parent node and a child node;
- Figure 3 shows an example of a frame structure for implementing the method of the invention according to one embodiment
- Figure 4 shows a sequence of steps for implementing a data transmission according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIGS. 5a to 5f show the different cell allocation steps according to one embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 6 is a screenshot that graphically shows the allocation of cells for a node according to one embodiment of the invention.
- the method of the invention consists in implementing in a mesh network (100) such as that of FIG. 1, a mechanism for temporal and frequency sequencing of data packet transmissions, which guarantees the transmission of data packets. absence of collisions during packet transmissions, while minimizing transmission latency.
- the method is operated at a central entity that knows the topology of the network in terms of parent-child relationships and also in terms of "radio" proximity between the nodes likely to generate collision conditions.
- the entity determines, according to the operating mode of the invention, which cells are allowed for bidirectional communications between each node and its parent, so as to avoid any collision in the network, and to minimize the end-to-end packet transmission latency, and then transmits the information to all nodes.
- the central entity can typically be a machine in the Internet network (102) that can communicate with all the nodes of the mesh network via the gateway node.
- the central entity may consist of a functional module of the gateway node 'C.
- Figure 3 shows an example of a frame structure for implementing the method of the invention in a mesh network such as that of Figure 1.
- the nodes produce a measurement at each frame, and the method is operated to assign a dedicated cell to trace this measurement.
- the number of nodes in the network is not likely to exceed 1080, and that a certain number of cells are shared by all the nodes, and managed in the network. "slotted ALOHA" mode, to allow communication in the network necessary for the establishment of other types of cells.
- the frame structure consists of 1200 timeslots (0 to 1199).
- 120 timeslots are used for shared cells (gray cells) and the remaining 1080 timeslots are then available to become dedicated cells (white cells), and 1 6 logical radio channels (0 to 15) are available.
- the example described covers the "uplink" aspect, ie the measurement feedback from the nodes to the gateway.
- the frame structure has at least one timeslot per node in the mesh network.
- the method can make it possible to set a maximum number of nodes that the network is not supposed to exceed so that the central entity is not forced to reconfigure the network with a new frame structure, for example, if the network expands, because the implementation of a new node would require the adoption of a longer frame structure.
- the central entity in charge of executing the cell allocation method may adapt the size of the frame used according to the number of nodes present in the network so as to ensure that the number of cells is always greater than or equal to the number of nodes. It should be noted that any adaptation of the size of the frame then leads to a reconfiguration of the allocation of cells for the entire network.
- the new method of the invention consists of allocating dedicated mesh cells to the nodes of a mesh network to enable collisionless data transmission by minimizing end-to-end latency.
- the cell allocation steps presuppose the pre-existence of a routing topology.
- Figure 4 shows the general steps for implementing the cell allocation method.
- a preliminary step (410) is to collect information on the network to build a database available to the central entity. This step which can be performed according to different variants is not described in detail, but it allows the central entity to have access to data representing each existing node of the network, such as:
- a preliminary phase may consist of random transmissions of service packets by all the nodes of the network with inclusion of the unique identifier of the node in the messages sent. Each node observes the signals emitted by its visible neighbors and establishes the list of neighbors associated with the average RSSI attached to this neighbor. Then the collected information is communicated to the control entity of the network and to the gateway node.
- the communication protocol may for example be a protocol for dissemination.
- the next step (412) is to establish the routing tree.
- the central entity for operating the cell allocation method will have prior knowledge of the routing topology.
- the central entity can support both the determination of the routing topology and the allocation of the cells. This option requires a procedure for registering nodes in the network, which must go through the notion of mediator node. This is a node already registered in the network and known to the central entity. When a new node is put into service (candidate node), it must have in line of sight at least one node already registered in the network, which is likely to mediate.
- this mediator node It enters into direct communication with this mediator node to provide all the information that the central entity needs to integrate it into the network: the identifier of the node (for example its MAC address) and the identification of all nodes of the network which are in visibility of the candidate node, as well as the indication of the powers received for all these neighbors.
- This information is then communicated by the mediator node to the central unit.
- the central entity can then take into account the integration of a new node in the network, and communicate to the candidate node the information that allows it to integrate the network, namely the identifier of its parent, possibly the the identifiers of his children, and any dedicated cells he wishes to activate in this node.
- the central entity is also likely to communicate a new configuration to a number of other nodes, to account for the integration of a new node into the network.
- the gateway serves as a mediator for registering rank 1 nodes. Then the rank 1 nodes mediate to register the rank 2 nodes, and will cohere.
- a node that acts as a mediator for a candidate node can eventually become the parent of this candidate node, it is not at all an obligation and the central entity remains master of the choice of nodes. parents.
- the central entity can maintain its view of the state of the nodes in the network, that is to say, to know for each node, any change in the list of nodes in visibility (the neighbors) and / or in the powers received from neighbors that could introduce a reconfiguration of the routing tree by the central entity.
- the central entity may, for example, maintain regular signaling with each of the nodes in order to collect this information and anticipate any possible reconfiguration of the routing tree.
- any degradation of the connectivity of a node with its parent could result in a reconfiguration of the routing tree (and therefore the allocation of cells for some nodes of the network) to preserve a good connectivity for the node by associating a new parent.
- the node can re-execute the registration procedure in the network (via a mediator node) so that the central entity detects the problem and reassigns to this node a new parent while reconfiguring the allocation of the cells to support this node, that is to say release the cells previously associated with this node, and restore the new ones cells.
- the routing calculation step can be performed according to different variants but allows:
- RSSI of A received by B is lower than the minimum RSSI or if the RSSI of B received by A is below this minimum;
- nodes have not been integrated into a set of rank N, these nodes are considered unreachable, given the minimal RSSI constraint.
- the parent node of rank 1 nodes is the gateway node.
- the process assigns as node parent, the node which is of rank N-1, which is part of the list of neighbors and satisfies the minimum RSSI criterion, and for which the largest RSSI among the RSSI nodes of all ancestors on the way to the gateway is minimum.
- a dynamic routing protocol eg RPL protocol
- RPL protocol eg RPL protocol
- the central entity that is in charge of operating the cell allocation method can then discover the routing tree by interrogating all the nodes of the network to know their respective parent, or by interrogating only the gateway in the cases where it has a global view of the tree (for example with the RPL protocol in "non-storing" mode).
- the cell allocation method can be operated (414).
- the cell allocation steps are described with reference to FIGS. 5a to 5f, and make it possible to complete the database with cell usage tables.
- the complete network configuration can be disseminated (41 6) in the network.
- the nodes receive the configuration of the network, they extract the configuration concerning them.
- the allocation of cells consists in setting the frame structure and in particular the number of timeslots in the frame. This must be at least equal to the number of reachable nodes.
- the uplink mode cell allocation for the measurement feedback from the nodes to the gateway is done rank by rank, starting with rank 1 (502) up to highest rank.
- the allocation of cells for all cells of a current rank is made node by node (504). If the allocations are made for all rank 1 (506) nodes, the method checks whether the maximum rank of the network is reached (508), and if not, proceeds to the next rank (510) to process the node-by-node allocations. for the nodes of rank 2, and c ridera, by recurrence up to the nodes of maximum rank (rang_max).
- the allocation of the cells for the nodes of a given rank (504) is made node by node according to an arbitrary order (figure 5b).
- the method selects a node N not yet processed, of rank equal to "current_range" (602), then proceed to cell allocations on behalf of this node (604). If the allocations are carried out successfully (606, yes branch), the method checks whether nodes of the current rank are still not processed (608) and if so loops back to the arbitrary selection step of a node that has not yet been processed. (602), or the node-by-node allocation method stops (608, non-branch). The allocation of cells on behalf of a node of a given rank
- FIG. 5c is made radio link by radio link on the path between this node and the gateway, each radio link being defined between two nodes one of which plays the role of child and the other plays the role of parent.
- the method starts link-by-link allocation starting with the link attached to the gateway.
- the method starts allocation link by link, by the radio link attached to this node.
- the gateway acts as a parent for a rank 1 child node attached by a radio link to the gateway (702).
- the method makes it possible to make the allocations on behalf of this node N, first on the gateway N1 and on a node N2 of rank 1 (704), then to check whether the allocations are yes or no successfully completed (706).
- the method checks (708) if the current node N which is treated is a node of rank 1 and if so stops, or the method makes it possible to pass to allocating cells on behalf of a higher rank node, which is on the N-node path to the gateway (710), and thereby continues the parent-child allocations to the rank of the current node.
- the parent-child cell allocation for a given link is to identify in the frame an available timeslot ( Figure 5d).
- the search for a timeslot is done index by index starting from the maximum index in traffic uplink or starting from the minimum index in downlink traffic, respecting the following constraints :
- the current index timeslot should not be used either in the parent node or in the child node (804). If the timeslot is already in use (branch yes), the process goes to the next index timeslot (808, 810). If the current index timeslot is not already used (no branch),
- the method determines whether for this available timelot the index is eligible (806) and whether it is possible to find a cell of the frame for which: - no node under the cover of the parent node uses this cell, either in receive mode or in transmit mode; and
- the verification of the eligibility of the index of the available timeslot consists in checking (904) the eligibility of the index and of a logical channel, starting with the first logical channel (902) until maximum index logical channel (906, 908).
- the verification of the eligibility of the index and of a logical channel consists in determining (1002) among the neighboring nodes of the parent node which have an RSSI greater than a minimum level of RSSI for a neighboring node is likely to generate a collision "RSSI_Min_Collision", if there is one that already uses this logical channel and this index. If this logical channel and this index are not used (not 1002) under these conditions, the method makes it possible to determine (1004) among the neighboring nodes of the child node which have an RSSI greater than "RSSI_Min_Collision" if there is one which already uses this logical channel and this index. If this logical channel and this index are not used (not 1004) under these conditions, the method allows to make the expected allocations (812).
- the method selects the maximum index timeslot in uplink traffic, and the minimum index times in downlink traffic.
- the method of the invention makes it possible to avoid several types of collisions. Indeed, the communications on the radio links are typically acknowledged, and it is possible to observe collisions on the acknowledgments even though the transmission of the message is without collision. The constraints to identify and select timeslot included in the process allow to integrate these two types of collisions.
- Figure 6 is a screenshot that illustrates an example of cell allocation by applying the method of the invention in simulation.
- the example is for cell allocation for a node that is represented in the mesh network at the center of two concentric disks, an operational disk, and a visibility disk.
- the operational disk radius represents the operational coverage of the network, i.e., nodes under this coverage may be associated in parent-child operational links with the selected node. No parent-child link is established between two nodes if the distance between them is greater than the radius of that disk.
- the radius of the visibility disk represents the visibility, that is to say that the node in the center of this circle sees all the nodes under cover of this disk and is therefore likely to receive interference from these nodes. However, some visible nodes, those in the visibility disk but not in the operational disk, remain ineligible for establishing parent-child links.
- the simulator makes it possible to define configurable radii, and supports both the construction of the routing topology and the allocation of the cells.
- the node selected to allocate cells to it is node 79 'which is rank 3 and its parent is node' 558 '. It is indicated that the selected node has 15 nodes under operational coverage and 40 nodes under visibility.
- the screenshot shows in zoom, part of the structure of
- FIRE I LLE RECTI FIED (RULE 91) ISA / EP frame ranging from timeslots 220 to 239.
- the frame as a whole is shown below in the form of a matrix in which each line represents a portion of 100 timeslots in the frame.
- the area on which the zoom is made (timeslots ranging from 220 to 239) is represented on the matrix by a dark rectangle.
- timeslots 220 to 239 it is shown that timeslots 220 and 230 are shared, and that 4 dedicated cells have been allocated in zone 220 to 230, namely the cells at timeslots 221, 222, 223 and 224.
- cells at timeslots 221 and 223 are cells in receive mode, the cells at timeslots 222 and 224 are transmit mode cells.
- the first line of the zoom indicates the values of timeslots (220 to 239).
- the second line indicates the identifier of the child or parent node that is being listened to or sent to. Thus, for cells 222 and 224, the parent node is node '558' and the child node is node '810'.
- the third line of the zoom indicates the logical radio channel.
- the logical radio channel is the channel
- the logical radio channel is the channel ⁇ '.
- the fourth line of the zoom indicates the identifier of the node on whose behalf the cells are assigned.
- timeslots 221 and 222 are used on behalf of node '336'
- timeslots 223 and 224 are used on behalf of node '335'.
- the selected node 79 'thus serves as a router on behalf of the nodes 335 and 336. It also serves as a router for other nodes, but the zoom represented does not show it, on the other hand the overall view of the frame shows it. good.
- the example shows an optimization of latency aspects.
- a packet at the '336' node count is received at timeslot 221 and forwarded at timeslot 222.
- a packet on behalf of node '335' is received at timeslot 223 and forwarded to timeslot 224.
- the relayed packet does not remain more than one time slot in the selected node that serves as a relay node, which corresponds to the optimal performance.
- a simulation performed with the cell allocations, calculated for the network as shown on the screenshot, has established that no collision is observed in the network, even when the maximum capacity is reached, that is to say that the use of the gateway is very close to 100% of time, and has established that end-to-end latency performance is very good. In particular the delivery of a measurement produced by a node never exceeds the duration of a frame when the radio conditions are satisfactory.
- the cell allocation method must be carried out again after any event likely to modify the characteristics of the network, such as:
- the central entity must then communicate the new network configuration to the impacted nodes.
- the person skilled in the art agrees that the invention can be implemented from hardware and / or software elements. It may be available as a computer program product on a computer readable medium.
- the support can be electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic or infrared type. Such media are, for example, Random Access Memory RAMs, Read-Only Memory ROMs, tapes, floppies or disks. Magnetic or optical (Compact Disk - Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), Compact Disk - Read / Write (CD-R / W) and DVD).
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