I think that in a classroom or a building with several apartments per
florr(  like a WPAN or BAN), if every apartments has a WSN maybe two o more
networks can share the same radio channel and this could be a problems for
the applications of the nodes.

2011/9/2 Miklos Maroti <[email protected]>

> Hi Eric,
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Eric Decker <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:06 AM, antonio rosa
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi to all,
> >>
> >> I think that put parallel networks on different radio channels is better
> >> because it avoids collisions , but if you only use the  radio channel,
> it is
> >> not scalable (15 different networks) solution
> >
> > I see your point.   And this would certainly be true if you put the
> networks
> > in the same propagation area.   But why would you do that?
>
> In general, I agree that group IDs is not a very good solution.
> However, if you have a classroom or conference demo session
> environment, and you do not want to mess with different frequencies,
> then you can better isolate the networks (or add another level of
> protection).
>
> > To handle the scaling of 15 channels for a large deployment one would
> have
> > to design the propagation field and use frequency hopping.   The problem
> > then become additional cost because special node would be needed to
> bridge
> > the different frequencies together.
>
> Frequency hopping does not need bridges, all nodes hop synchronously.
>
> > Scaling a network that has increasing collisions as the scale goes up
> (which
> > would be the  case if one were using group id and as more node were
> added)
> > doesn't scale in a different way.  And as the collisions and
> retransmissions
> > go up so does power consumption.    You end up with a deployment where
> the
> > nodes burn their power because of excessive retransmissions and
> collisions.
> > At least with designing the propagation and frequency use pattern you
> have a
> > reasonable chance.
>
> All true in a real deployment. What if every student in a school has a
> private body attached sensor network?
>
> >> and you need other field (with field Group, you can have 256 networks
> for
> >> each radio channel)
> >
> > I still don't see the use given actual deployment  problems and it adds
> > complexity.
> > But if one is going to use it, it should be implemented properly.
> > I just see how it is worth the effort.
> > eric
> >>
> >>  TinyOS-1.x filters nets by group, and snoop the trafic of any node with
> >> any group.
>
> This is a good observation. This is quite easy to do, but completely
> separating the groups (not even snooping) has some benefit as well.
>
> Miklos
>
> >>
> >> 2011/9/2 Eric Decker <[email protected]>
> >>>
> >>> In practice, how often are parallel nets using group id to
> differentiate
> >>> implemented.   How useful is this really.   Note that
> >>> any node that is listening burns the energy to receive these packets
> that
> >>> they then throw away.
> >>> It is much better to put parallel nets on dfifferent frequencies.
> >>> So how useful is the group id concept anyway?
> >>> So either fully implement its symantics or deprecate it and use its
> >>> position for something else, perhaps making the len field be 16 bits
> instead
> >>> of 8 bits.
> >>> just some thoughts.
> >>> eric
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Miklos Maroti <
> [email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Antonio,
> >>>>
> >>>> That is a good catch. I think the isForMe should be fixed. It is also
> >>>> a good question whether messages with DIFFERENT group id should be
> >>>> snooped. I think those messages should be dropped (that way you can
> >>>> separate different apps completely, even if they use the same
> >>>> services). What do you guys think?
> >>>>
> >>>> Miklos
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:14 PM, antonio rosa
> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> > Hi Janos,
> >>>> >
> >>>> > I have been that the component  ActiveMessageLayerP of rflink/layers
> >>>> > library
> >>>> > provides  interface Receive[am_id_t  id]. The event
> SubReceive.receive
> >>>> > that
> >>>> > signal Receive.receive event not filter the group, and this produces
> >>>> > that
> >>>> > any node with the same id but different group can receive the
> messages
> >>>> > without snooping.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > I think a node should filter group when isn't snooping, adding this
> >>>> > lines:
> >>>> > if (call AMpacket.isForMe(msg) == TRUE && call AMPacket.group(msg)
> ==
> >>>> > call
> >>>> > ActiveMessageAddress.amGroup())
> >>>> >              signal Receive.receive[id](msg, payload, len);
> >>>> >          else
> >>>> >              signal Snoop.receive[id](msg, payload, len);
> >>>> >
> >>>> > 2011/8/31 antonio rosa <[email protected]>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Hi Janos,
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> I have updated the Adc Atmega1281 with the TinyOS Trunk and the
> >>>> >> problem is
> >>>> >> result,
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Thanks for all, Antonio Rosa.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Maybe I will send you some questions about others topics, that I
> >>>> >> think
> >>>> >> there is problems o bugs.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> 2011/8/30 Janos Sallai <[email protected]>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Antonio,
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> I have been able to replicate this. Interestingly, only the first
> >>>> >>> sample should be bad after a channel/vref change according to the
> >>>> >>> data
> >>>> >>> sheet, unless we're switching to a differential channel, where it
> >>>> >>> may
> >>>> >>> take up to 125us for the stage to stabilize. I did observe,
> however,
> >>>> >>> that the second reading was bad, too, when switching to
> >>>> >>> ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> I checked in the fix. Please get the latest sources from google
> >>>> >>> code.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Thanks for reporting this.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Janos
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:18 AM, antonio rosa
> >>>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> >>> > Hi Janos,
> >>>> >>> > I understand you.  I use the ReadNow interface of the
> >>>> >>> > AdcReadNowClient
> >>>> >>> > component, but the source of the problem is that when I do two
> >>>> >>> > consecutive
> >>>> >>> > reading of diferents channels of ADC, if the first reading is a
> >>>> >>> > channel
> >>>> >>> > different of  ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23 channel (internal voltage on
> >>>> >>> > IRIS)
> >>>> >>> > the
> >>>> >>> > value is correct, and the seconds readings is the
> >>>> >>> > ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23
> >>>> >>> > channel the value is wrong.
> >>>> >>> > Also,  If I read only the ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23 channel the value
> >>>> >>> > is
> >>>> >>> > correct,
> >>>> >>> > but when I read other channel in the same application, the read
> of
> >>>> >>> > ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23 channel is wrong. I have guess that when
> you
> >>>> >>> > read
> >>>> >>> > the
> >>>> >>> > internal voltage of Atmega1281, the first time the reading is
> >>>> >>> > wrong,
> >>>> >>> > the
> >>>> >>> > second time the reading si correct.
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > In short, if you make several readings of different ADC
> channels,
> >>>> >>> > you
> >>>> >>> > must
> >>>> >>> > do two consecutive read  internal voltage channel and discard
> the
> >>>> >>> > first
> >>>> >>> > reading because it is wrong, yet the latter is correct.
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > read the  ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23 channel,
> >>>> >>> >
> >>>> >>> > 2011/8/30 Janos Sallai <[email protected]>
> >>>> >>> >>
> >>>> >>> >> Antonio,
> >>>> >>> >>
> >>>> >>> >> I have a guess what can be wrong. I assume you're using either
> >>>> >>> >> the
> >>>> >>> >> Atm128AdcSingle or Atm128AdcMultiple interface. While the
> >>>> >>> >> dataReady
> >>>> >>> >> event is slightly different in these two interfaces, in each
> >>>> >>> >> cases it
> >>>> >>> >> has a bool parameter, not an error_t. Notice that the value of
> >>>> >>> >> the
> >>>> >>> >> SUCCESS constant is 0, which happens to be the value of FALSE.
> >>>> >>> >> That
> >>>> >>> >> is, when you think that the dataReady event came back with a
> >>>> >>> >> SUCCESS,
> >>>> >>> >> it is, in fact, coming back with a FALSE.
> >>>> >>> >>
> >>>> >>> >> Let me know if this was the issue.
> >>>> >>> >>
> >>>> >>> >> Janos
> >>>> >>> >>
> >>>> >>> >> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:37 AM, antonio rosa
> >>>> >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> >>> >> > Hello all,
> >>>> >>> >> > I have a problem with the IRIS platform. When I do readings
> of
> >>>> >>> >> > different
> >>>> >>> >> > channels of ADC reading the microcontroller's internal
> voltage
> >>>> >>> >> > (channel
> >>>> >>> >> > ATM128_ADC_SNGL_1_23) the event (dataReady) is SUCCESS but
> the
> >>>> >>> >> > reading
> >>>> >>> >> > (data) is erroneous. I have cheked that if I make two
> >>>> >>> >> > consecutive
> >>>> >>> >> > readings
> >>>> >>> >> > of the same channel ADC, everything is correct. However, if I
> >>>> >>> >> > previously
> >>>> >>> >> > do
> >>>> >>> >> > a reading from a channel different than  used to read the
> >>>> >>> >> > internal
> >>>> >>> >> > voltage
> >>>> >>> >> > and then read channel internal voltage, the value returned by
> >>>> >>> >> > the
> >>>> >>> >> > adc is
> >>>> >>> >> > wrong (superior the voltage of the batteries).
> >>>> >>> >> >
> >>>> >>> >> > In TinyOS.1.x with Moteworks, doesn't  ocurrs this problem. I
> >>>> >>> >> > have
> >>>> >>> >> > reviewed
> >>>> >>> >> > the TinyOS-2 driver 1.1 for the module  Adc Atmega1281, and I
> >>>> >>> >> > think
> >>>> >>> >> > the
> >>>> >>> >> > problem may be related to reading different channels that
> >>>> >>> >> > aren't
> >>>> >>> >> > managed
> >>>> >>> >> > properly.
> >>>> >>> >> >
> >>>> >>> >> > Regards, Antonio Rosa.
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