WMTP: Wireless Modular Transport Protocol

Author(s):

  • Luis D. Pedrosa, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Source: M.Sc. Thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon, November, 2007

Awards:

  • Professor Luís Vidigal Award 2006 / 2007, for the best M.Sc. Thesis within the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science scientific areas at the Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon.

Citation:

  • Luis Pedrosa; "WMTP: Wireless Modular Transport Protocol", Master's Thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon, November, 2007 (Awarded the Professor Luís Vidigal Award 2006 / 2007, for the best M.Sc. Thesis within the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science scientific areas at the Instituto Superior Técnico / Technical University of Lisbon)

Keywords: Wireless Sensor Networks, Transport Layer Protocols, Modularity, WMTP

Abstract:

This dissertation proposes a new modular transport layer protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSNs): WMTP – Wireless Modular Transport Protocol. This protocol not only allows the simultaneous use of all the main features commonly found in WSN transport protocols, namely congestion control, fairness, and reliability, but also does so in a modular fashion. This way, the application layer can choose to use exactly the features that it requires, without having to deal with the inevitable trade-offs associated with the ones that it doesn’t. Additionally, WMTP provides its own unique set of uncommon features such as throttling, flow-control, transport layer quality-of-service, and optional integration with service-discovery.
On the other hand, the use of this specialized modular architecture also allows WMTP to support heterogeneous environments where different applications, using different features, coexist peacefully within the same network. Moreover, the network administrator may also build stripped down versions of the protocol that don’t support the features that will never be used during the network’s life-time, thus freeing up additional resources to be used for an otherwise more useful purpose.

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