Link-Quality Aware Run-Time Adaptive Forward Error Correction Strategies in Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper investigates the potential of Forward Error Correction (FEC) mechanisms and dynamic/run-time adaptive FEC variants in Wireless Sensor Networks. We implemented eight different Error Correction Codes (ECCs), ranging from simple bit-repetition schemes over Hamming codes to complex Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem codes, and three run-time adaptive FEC schemes which adapt the correctional power of ECCs to the current link quality. The paper evaluates the computational costs and the resulting benefits of the FEC schemes under real-world conditions in a distributed testbed environment. Link-Quality Aware Run-Time Adaptive Forward Error Correction Strategies in Wireless Sensor Networks Abstract. This paper investigates the potential of Forward Error CorThis paper investigates the potential of Forward Error Correction (FEC) mechanisms and dynamic/run-time adaptive FEC variants in Wireless Sensor Networks. We implemented eight different Error Correction Codes (ECCs), ranging from simple bit-repetition schemes over Hamming codes to complex Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem codes, and three run-time adaptive FEC schemes which adapt the correctional power of ECCs to the current link quality. The paper evaluates the computational costs and the resulting benefits of the FEC schemes under real-world conditions in a distributed testbed environment.