Prototyping and Performance Analysis of a QoS MAC Layer for Industrial Wireless Network

TL;DR

This paper introduces a deterministic MAC-layer protocol for industrial wireless networks, emphasizing reliability and real-time guarantees, validated through prototype development and performance analysis.

Contribution

It presents a novel deterministic MAC protocol specifically designed for industrial wireless networks, with a prototype demonstrating its performance.

Findings

Achieved high reliability in message delivery

Reduced collision probability compared to traditional protocols

Validated performance through prototype testing

Abstract

Today's industrial sensor networks require strong reliability and guarantees on messages delivery. These needs are even more important in real time applications like control/command, such as robotic wireless communications where strong temporal constraints are critical. For these reasons, classical random-based Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols present a non-null frame collision probability. In this paper we present an original full deterministic MAC-layer for industrial wireless network and its performance evaluation thanks to the development of a material prototype.