A Comparative Analyses Of Network Formation In Low-power Lossy Networks: ContikiMAC vs Orchestra-enabled TSCH

Abstract

Medium Access Control (MAC) layer protocols are the underlying paradigms which dictate the transmission & reception of data in any network. Particularly for Low-powered Lossy Networks (LLNs), the design and selection of appropiate MAC-layer protocols is crucial inorder to satisfy several networking objectives such as joining time, network lifetime, energy consumption, end-to-end-delay, etc. In this report, we have presented a comparative analysis between Contiki-MAC and Orchestra-enabled TSCH protocol which provides insights towards the network joining & convergence time as well as an estimate of the energy consumption required of build such LLNs. Our results indicates that Contiki-MAC outperforms Orchestra-enabled TSCH by a factor of 13 times in network formation.