pTunes: Runtime Parameter Adaptation for Low-power MAC Protocols. Zimmerling, M., Ferrari, F., Mottola, L., Voigt, T., & Thiele, L. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, of IPSN '12, pages 173–184, New York, NY, USA, 2012. ACM.
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We present pTunes, a framework for runtime adaptation of low-power MAC protocol parameters. The MAC operating parameters bear great influence on the system performance, yet their optimal choice is a function of the current network state. Based on application requirements expressed as network lifetime, end-to-end latency, and end-to-end reliability, pTunes automatically determines optimized parameter values to adapt to link, topology, and traffic dynamics. To this end, we introduce a flexible modeling approach, separating protocol-dependent from protocol-independent aspects, which facilitates using pTunes with different MAC protocols, and design an efficient system support that integrates smoothly with the application. To demonstrate its effectiveness, we apply pTunes to X-MAC and LPP. In a 44-node testbed, pTunes achieves up to three-fold lifetime gains over static MAC parameters optimized for peak traffic, the latter being current - and almost unavoidable - practice in real deployments. pTunes promptly reacts to changes in traffic load and link quality, reducing packet loss by 80% during periods of controlled wireless interference. Moreover, pTunes helps the routing protocol recover quickly from critical network changes, reducing packet loss by 70% in a scenario where multiple core routing nodes fail.
@inproceedings{zimmerling_ptunes:_2012,
	address = {New York, NY, USA},
	series = {{IPSN} '12},
	title = {{pTunes}: {Runtime} {Parameter} {Adaptation} for {Low}-power {MAC} {Protocols}},
	isbn = {978-1-4503-1227-1},
	shorttitle = {{pTunes}},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2185677.2185730},
	doi = {10.1145/2185677.2185730},
	abstract = {We present pTunes, a framework for runtime adaptation of low-power MAC protocol parameters. The MAC operating parameters bear great influence on the system performance, yet their optimal choice is a function of the current network state. Based on application requirements expressed as network lifetime, end-to-end latency, and end-to-end reliability, pTunes automatically determines optimized parameter values to adapt to link, topology, and traffic dynamics. To this end, we introduce a flexible modeling approach, separating protocol-dependent from protocol-independent aspects, which facilitates using pTunes with different MAC protocols, and design an efficient system support that integrates smoothly with the application. To demonstrate its effectiveness, we apply pTunes to X-MAC and LPP. In a 44-node testbed, pTunes achieves up to three-fold lifetime gains over static MAC parameters optimized for peak traffic, the latter being current - and almost unavoidable - practice in real deployments. pTunes promptly reacts to changes in traffic load and link quality, reducing packet loss by 80\% during periods of controlled wireless interference. Moreover, pTunes helps the routing protocol recover quickly from critical network changes, reducing packet loss by 70\% in a scenario where multiple core routing nodes fail.},
	urldate = {2018-07-25},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th {International} {Conference} on {Information} {Processing} in {Sensor} {Networks}},
	publisher = {ACM},
	author = {Zimmerling, Marco and Ferrari, Federico and Mottola, Luca and Voigt, Thiemo and Thiele, Lothar},
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {centralized, end-to-end, mac protocol, multi-objective, parameter optimization, runtime adaptation, sensor network},
	pages = {173--184}
}

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