Optimization-based Time Slot Assignment and Synchronization for TDMA MAC in Industrial Wireless Sensor Network

Wireless sensor network in the industrial environment [industrial wireless sensor network (IWSN)] has data delivery time constraint. Due to the dynamic routing and transmission collision, the data delivery time is unpredictable. The authors utilised time division multiple access (TDMA) MAC to avoid data collision and to provide bounded transmission delay. Moreover, a linear programming model is proposed to construct the TDMA schedules, which is focused on spatial reuse and fixed routing in IWSN. The objective function of the model is to minimise the time slot usage to increase the overall network bandwidth. Finally, both simulated annealing algorithm and particle swarm optimisation are applied to approximate the optimal solution of time slot usage.