[pt] Este trabalho avalia a coleta esporádica de dados em uma rede sem fio Bluetooth Mesh, usando o simulador OMNET (mais mais) INET. O coletor de dados é um nó sink em movimento, que poderia ser um smartphone ou outro dispositivo portátil, carregado por um pedestre, ciclista, animal, ou um drone. O nó sink poderia se conectar a uma rede mesh em áreas de difícil acesso onde não há acesso a internet, e coletar dados de sensores. Após implementar extensões ao Bluetooth Mesh, funcionalidades de nós Low Power e Friends no OMNET (mais mais), conseguimos propor e avaliar algoritmos para roteamento adaptativo, e com foco em mobilidade, de dados de sensores em direção ao nó sink. Uma variação de um dos algoritmos de roteamento propostos alcançou um aumento de 173,54 por cento na quantidade de dados únicos entregues ao nó sink em comparação ao algoritmo de roteamento padrão do Bluetooth Mesh. Neste caso, houve um aumento de apenas 4,63 por cento no consumo de energia para o mesmo cenário. Além disso, a taxa de entrega aumentou em 111.82 por cento. / [en] This work evaluates sporadic data collection on a Bluetooth Mesh network, using the OMNET (plus plus) INET simulator. The data collector is a roaming sink node, which could be a smartphone or other portable device, carried by a pedestrian, a biker, an animal, or a drone. The sink node could connect to a mesh network in hard-to-reach areas that do not have internet access and collect sensor data. After implementing Bluetooth Mesh relay extensions, Low Power, and Friend features in OMNET (plus plus), we were able to propose and evaluate algorithms for mobility-aware, adaptive, routing of sensor data towards the sink node. One variation of a proposed routing algorithm achieved a 173.54 percent increase in unique data delivered to the sink node compared to Bluetooth Mesh s default routing algorithm. In that case, there was only a 4.63 percent increase in energy consumption for the same scenario. Also, the delivery rate increased by 111.82 percent.

In this thesis the possibilities of smart antenna systems in wireless mesh networks are examined. With respect to the individual smart antenna tradeoffs, a routing protocol (Modified HWMP, MHWMP) for IEEE 802.11s mesh networks is presented, that exploits the full range of benefits provided by smart antennas: MHWMP actively switches between the PHY-layer transmission/reception modes (multiplexing, beamforming and diversity) according to the wireless channel conditions. Spatial multiplexing and beamforming are used for unicast data transmissions, while antenna diversity is employed for efficient broadcasts. To adapt to the directional channel environment and to take full benefit of the PHY capabilities, a respective MAC scheme is employed. The presented protocol is tested in extensive simulation and the results are examined.

In this thesis the possibilities of smart antenna systems in wireless mesh networks are examined. With respect to the individual smart antenna tradeoffs, a routing protocol (Modified HWMP, MHWMP) for IEEE 802.11s mesh networks is presented, that exploits the full range of benefits provided by smart antennas: MHWMP actively switches between the PHY-layer transmission/reception modes (multiplexing, beamforming and diversity) according to the wireless channel conditions. Spatial multiplexing and beamforming are used for unicast data transmissions, while antenna diversity is employed for efficient broadcasts. To adapt to the directional channel environment and to take full benefit of the PHY capabilities, a respective MAC scheme is employed. The presented protocol is tested in extensive simulation and the results are examined.:1 Introduction 2 Wireless Mesh Networks 3 IEEE 802.11s 4 Smart Antenna Concepts 5 State of the Art: Wireless Mesh Networks with Smart Antennas 6 New Concepts 7 System Model 8 Results and Discussion 9 Conclusion and Future Work