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Free Side-Channel Cross-Technology Communication in Wireless Networks


Abstract:

Enabling direct communication between wireless technologies immediately brings significant benefits including, but not limited to, cross-technology interference mitigatio...Show More

Abstract:

Enabling direct communication between wireless technologies immediately brings significant benefits including, but not limited to, cross-technology interference mitigation and context-aware smart operation. To explore the opportunities, we propose FreeBee-a novel cross-technology communication technique for direct unicast as well as cross-technology/channel broadcast among three popular technologies of WiFi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth. The key concept of FreeBee is to modulate symbol messages by shifting the timings of periodic beacon frames already mandatory for diverse wireless standards. This keeps our design generically applicable across technologies and avoids additional bandwidth consumption (i.e., does not incur extra traffic), allowing continuous broadcast to safely reach mobile and/or duty-cycled devices. A new interval multiplexing technique is proposed to enable concurrent broadcasts from multiple senders or boost the transmission rate of a single sender. Theoretical and experimental exploration reveals that FreeBee offers a reliable symbol delivery under a second and supports mobility of 30 mph and low duty-cycle operations of under 5%.
Published in: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking ( Volume: 25, Issue: 5, October 2017)
Page(s): 2974 - 2987
Date of Publication: 03 August 2017

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