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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 4 (2008), Issue 2, Pages 155-175
doi:10.1080/15501320802001200
Analysis of Cluster Interconnection Schemes in 802.15.4 Beacon Enabled Networks
Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Copyright © 2008 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the interconnection of IEEE 802.15.4 beacon enabled network clusters. We discuss two types of interconnections. One type can be achieved by using the PAN coordinator node as the bridging device and the other type is achieved by using ordinary network nodes as bridge nodes. We discuss design and performance issues of both kinds of interconnections.