Bootstrapping battery-freewireless networks: Efficient neighbor discovery and synchronization in the face of intermittency
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Abstract
Due to their favorable size, cost, and sustainability, batteryfree devices are preferable in various applications. However, battery-free devices operate only intermittently since ambient energy sources, such as light and radio-frequency signals, are often too weak to continuously power the devices. This paper addresses the unsolved problem of efficient device-to-device communication in the face of intermittency. We present Find, the first neighbor discovery protocol for battery-free wireless networks that uses randomized waiting to minimize discovery latency. We also introduce Flync, a new hardware/software solution that synchronizes indoor light harvesting nodes to powerline-induced brightness variations of widely used lamps, which we exploit to further speed up neighbor discovery. Experiments with an open-source prototype built from off-theshelf hardware components show that our techniques reduce the discovery latency by 4.3× (median) and 34.4× (99th percentile) compared with a baseline approach without waiting.
Details
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, NSDI 2021 |
Publisher | USENIX Association |
Pages | 439-455 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (electronic) | 9781939133212 |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Publication series
Series | USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC) |
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Conference
Title | 18th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, NSDI 2021 |
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Duration | 12 - 14 April 2021 |
City | Virtual, Online |