Implementation of IEEE 802.15.4 Packet Analyzer

A packet analyzer is a tool for debugging sensor network systems and is convenient for developers. In this paper, we introduce a new packet analyzer based on an embedded system. The proposed packet analyzer is compatible with IEEE 802.15.4, which is suitable for the wireless communication standard for sensor networks, and is available for remote control by adopting a server-client scheme based on the Ethernet interface. To confirm the operations of the packet analyzer, we have developed two types of sensor nodes based on PIC4620 and ATmega128L microprocessors and tested the functions of the proposed packet analyzer by obtaining the packets from the sensor nodes.

Authors:

• Sung Jun Ban
• Hyeonwoo Cho
• ChangWoo Lee
• Sang Woo Kim

Keywords:

• Sensor network
• embedded system
• packet analyzer.

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