open-ZB.net - Publications

Thesis

Manish Batsa
Supporting Different QoS Levels in Multiple-Cluster Wireless Sensor Networks
MSc Thesis in Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, September 2009 (defended January 2010).

Ricardo Severino
On the use of IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee for Time-Sensitive Wireless Sensor Network Applications
MSc Thesis, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, School of Engineering, October 2008. BEST EWSN/CONET MSc THESIS AWARD, 2009. http://www.cooperating-objects.eu/events/ewsn-2009-awards/

Andre Cunha
On the use of IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee as federating communication protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
MSc Thesis, University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering, September 2007.

Skender Ben Attia
Fault-Tolerance Mechanisms for Zigbee Wireless Sensor Networks
MSc Thesis, SupCom, Tunis, Tunisia, HURRAY-TR-070710, July 2007

Anneleen Van Nieuwenhuyse
On the use of the ZigBee protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
MSc Thesis, Kaho Sint–Lieven University, Gent, Belgium, HURRAY-TR-060603, June 2006.

Melek Attia
Collision-Free Beacon Scheduling Mechanisms for IEEE 802.15.4/Zigbee Cluster-Tree Wireless Sensor Networks
MSc Thesis, SupCom, Tunis, Tunisia, HURRAY-TR-060604, June 2006.

Talks

Mário Alves
Quality of Service in Wireless Sensor Networks: towards the eQualiSer…
Seminar at the First International School on Cyber-Physical and Sensor Networks - SensorNets 2009 (http://www.sensornets-school.org/), Monastir, Tunisia, December 17-21, 2009.

Anis Koubâa
Engineering IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee Wireless Sensor Networks
Seminar at the First International School on Cyber-Physical and Sensor Networks - SensorNets 2009 (http://www.sensornets-school.org/), Monastir, Tunisia, December 17-21, 2009.

Mário Alves
The wireless sensor networks standards and COTS landscape: can we get QoS and “calm technology”?
Tutorial at the 6th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN'09), February 11th, Cork, Ireland. Summary and author bio at: http://www.ewsn.org/tutorial.html

Mário Alves
Enabling ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical systems with wireless sensor/actuator networks: what is at stake?
Seminar in the GII doctoral school for PhD students in Computer Science (http://gii2008.dei.polimi.it/), in L'Aquila, Italy, 4/SEP/2008.

Mário Alves
Guaranteeing QoS in large-scale distributed embedded systems using standard and COTS technologies: ongoing research at IPP-HURRAY
Seminar in the GII doctoral school for PhD students in Computer Science (http://gii2008.dei.polimi.it/), in L'Aquila, Italy, 4/SEP/2008.

Performance evaluation of the Slotted CSMA/CA protocol

HURRAY-TR-060601
Anis Koubaa, Mario Alves, Eduardo Tovar
A Comprehensive Simulation Study of Slotted CSMA/CA for IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Networks
5th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS06), Torino, Italy, JUN/2006, pp. 183-192.

Technical overview of the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol

HURRAY-TR-050702
Anis Koubaa, Mario Alves, Eduardo Tovar
IEEE 802.15.4 for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Technical Overview

Analysis of the GTS Mechanism - star topologies

Petr Jurcik, Anis Koubaa, Mario Alves, Eduardo Tovar, Zdenek Hanzalek
A Simulation Model for the IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol: Delay/Throughput Evaluation of the GTS Mechanism
15th IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS´07), Istanbul, Turkey, October 2007, pp. 109-116.

HURRAY-TR-060404
Anis Koubaa, Mario Alves, Eduardo Tovar
GTS Allocation Analysis in IEEE 802.15.4 for Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks
14th International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real-Time Systems (WPDRTS´06), special track on Wireless Sensor Networks, Rhodes Island, Greece

Analysis of the GTS Mechanism - cluster-tree topologies

Petr Jurčík, Ricardo Severino, Anis Koubâa, Mário Alves, Eduardo Tovar
Real-Time Communications over Cluster-Tree Sensor Networks with Mobile Sink Behaviour
14th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2008), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-27/AUG/2008.

Petr Jurčík, Ricardo Severino, Anis Koubâa, Mário Alves, Eduardo Tovar
Worst-case Dimensioning of Cluster-Tree Sensor Networks with Mobile Sink Behaviour
IPP-HURRAY Technical Report, HURRAY-TR-080401, May 2008

HURRAY-TR-061004
Anis Koubaa, Mario Alves, Eduardo Tovar
Modelling and Worst-Case Dimensioning of Cluster-Tree Wireless Sensor Networks
27th IEEE Real-time Systems Symposium (RTSS´06), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5-8/DEC/2006.

Implementation Guides

Petr Jurcik, Anis Koubaa
The IEEE 802.15.4 OPNET Simulation Model: Reference Guide v2.0
IPP-HURRAY Technical Report, HURRAY-TR-070509, May 2007

Andre CUNHA, Mario ALVES, Anis KOUBAA
Implementation of the ZigBee Network Layer with Cluster-tree Support
IPP-HURRAY Technical Report, HURRAY-TR-070510, May 2007

Andre Cunha, Mario Alves, Anis Koubaa
Implementation Details of the Time Division Frame Scheduling Approach for Zigbee Cluster-Tree Networks
IPP-HURRAY Technical Report, HURRAY-TR-070102, Jan 2007

Andre Cunha, Mario Alves, Anis Koubaa
An IEEE 802.15.4 protocol implementation(in nesC/TinyOS): Reference Guide v1.2
IPP-HURRAY Technical Report, HURRAY-TR-061106, May 2007