Enhancing Header Compression in Wireless Sensor Networks through Flow-Based Techniques
This paper discusses the challenges and inefficiencies of packet overhead in sensor networks, where over 90% of packets can be involved. Current multi-hop overhead is excessive, leading to inefficiencies. We propose a novel approach utilizing flow-based header compression that leverages shared state information along packet paths. By employing flow labels and soft state mechanisms, we aim to minimize the overhead while maintaining effective flow management. This approach requires the collaboration of IEEE and IETF standards to optimize performance across multiple layers of network communication, particularly in Time Synchronized Mesh Protocols.
Enhancing Header Compression in Wireless Sensor Networks through Flow-Based Techniques
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Stateful Header Compression Kris Pister UC Berkeley Dust Networks
The Motivation Working in IEEE to fix this • In many sensor networks, >90% of packets • Flow along paths with lots of shared state • Final destination, sometimes source • Link and end-to-end crypto • Source & destination ports • Route • … • Have very short “fundamental” payloads • 2B, 4B not uncommon. Data, or (data, timestamp) • Today’s minimum multi-hop overhead • Application: 0-20B • Transport+Network: 12B (HC1, HC2_UDP) • Link: 11B + 9B (security) • PHY: 6B • >10x overhead • Why fix our part?
Example • Once per second, mote A wakes up and sends a packet with exactly the same • 5B: Mesh header • 3B: Dispatch, HC1, HC2 • 1B: UDP compressed ports • For a period of hours or days (thousands to millions of packets) this information doesn’t change
Flow-based compression • Perhaps instead a flow label could be sent • New dispatch byte • Header compression associated with flows • Flow label index into a table with all “HCx” values • Soft state – nodes along path can reconstruct full packet if necessary • Checksums, MICs performed on full packet w/ virtual headers • Crazy talk • Both Dispatch & Flow label could come from L2 • Implicit in link type • Dozer, SCP, TSMP all have mechanisms for uniquely determining flows
The Dream • Provide a continuum of header compression from 0 to 100% depending on shared state • Application • Transport • Network • Link • Requires cooperation between IEEE and IETF
TSMP as an example • Time Synchronized Mesh Protocol • Basis of Wireless HART, SP100 ( 15.4E) • Sub-ms time synch across network • << 0.1% radio duty cycle maintains synch • Additional duty cycle allocated as needed by traffic • Uses a flow label to associate L2 resources and L3 routes with L4 QoS • L2 activity uniquely associated with particular flows • If it’s 8:42:06.351 AM, you must be node X with a message from node Y to node Z and the next hop is Q.