Abstract:
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are being widely used in sensing, collecting, and disseminating data for various applications in environmental,industrial,and military applications. In this paper we present MAConf,a layer-2 detection mechanism for mobile WSNs. We propose the use of radio channel analysis to predict the underlying MAC protocol and addressing scheme,facilitating interconnections among WSN while ensuring an energy-efficient detection strategy. By implementing the intelligence using a neural network, we show that a 99percent hit rate can be achieved in a variety of scenarios. © 2011 IEEE.