Interference aware medium access controlInterference aware medium access control Μεταπτυχιακή Διατριβή Master Thesis 2015-10-132015enCross-layer protocol design for wireless sensor networking (WSN) has been in the research spotlight, due to its challenging nature and the current availability of powerful commodity radios. This work proposes TUCCOM, a cross-layer, multi-frequency channel, interference-agile and mobility-friendly, lightweight WSN protocol that utilizes various metrics found across the physical, medium access control (MAC) and network layers. Requiring no prior topology knowledge, TUCCOM can provide ad-hoc networks with self organizing and healing capability. The routing decisions are distributively made, with distance vector score-based techniques, simple interference detection and frequency channel hopping. The fundamental mechanisms are discussed and experimental evaluation results on real custom nodes are presented. TUCCOM operates on low-end, low-cost 8-bit micro-controllers, absent of any operating system. In that way, the proposed work can potentially accommodate experimental evaluations of advanced algorithms, such as network coding or backpressure routing, in interference-rich, ultra-low cost WSN testbeds.A Thesis, submitted for partial fulfillment of the Post Graduate studies in the School of Electronics and Computer Engineering of Technical University of Crete.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης::Σχολή Ηλεκτρονικών Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών ΥπολογιστώνAgadakos_Nikolaos_MSc_2015.pdfChania [Greece]Library of TUC2015-10-13application/pdf6.6 MBfree Agadakos Nikolaos Αγαδακος Νικολαος Bletsas Aggelos Μπλετσας Αγγελος Karystinos Georgios Καρυστινος Γεωργιος Deligiannakis Antonios Δεληγιαννακης Αντωνιος Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης Technical University of Crete Cross-layer optimizations (Telecommunications) Cross-layer techniques (Telecommunications) Designs, Cross-layer (Telecommunications) Optimizations, Cross-layer (Telecommunications) Techniques, Cross-layer (Telecommunications) cross layer designs telecommunications cross layer optimizations telecommunications cross layer techniques telecommunications designs cross layer telecommunications optimizations cross layer telecommunications techniques cross layer telecommunications Motes (Wireless sensor nodes) Sensor nodes, Wireless wireless sensor nodes motes wireless sensor nodes sensor nodes wireless