Method for Link Stability Evaluation of Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (ISA 100.11a)

ISA 100.11a Networked Control System Based on Link Stability

“…Figure 6 shows the flowchart for the entire method. Part of this method was detailed and published by Florencio and Neto [17]. The link stability metric is able to detect instabilities in the links, which can cause an increase in the packet loss rate, and consequently, considering a networked control system, take the system to an unstable region [17].…”

“…In paper [ 17 ], we presented a study about link stability in IWSN. Link stability is defined by the variation of received signal strength (RSS) and packet delivery rate (PDR).…”

“…An unstable link presents a high variation of signal attenuation and low packet delivery rate. A stable link has no signal attenuation variation and has a high packet delivery rate [ 17 ]. Table 1 is formulated to present the selected papers in [ 17 ] and their parameters used to define stability.…”

“…The lower the stability of the link, the higher the variation of the attenuation in the reception signal, and consequently, the greater the instability in the delivery of packets [ 17 ].…”

“…A stable link has no signal attenuation variation and has a high packet delivery rate [17]. Table 1 is formulated to present the selected papers in [17] and their parameters used to define stability. [20] 2017 N N N N De Rango and Francesca [21] 2012 N N N N Zhang et al [22] 2012 N N N Sharma and Pathak [23] 2015 N N N N Idoudi et al [24] 2016 N N N N Chama et al [25] 2013 N N N N Al-Qhdah et al [26] 2016 N N N N Wang et al [27] 2010 N N N N Li and Yan [28] 2017 N N N Priya et al [29] 2017 N N N Wenqing [30] 2011 N N N N Brahmbhatt et al [16] 2015 N N N N Patil and Patil [31] 2015 N N N N Many papers use the distance between nodes and expiration time because they are applied to mobile networks, which have a high level of mobility.…”