Adaptive Channel Hopping for Interference Robust Wireless Sensor Networks

In this work, an Adaptive Channel Hopping (ACH) mechanism for sensor networks is proposed to avoid interference from other sources and narrow-band jamming. Under unfavorable channel conditions, ACH lets sensors switch to a new operating channel. ACH reduces the channel scanning and selection latency by ordering available channels using link quality indicator measurements and weights. The proposed ACH scheme is evaluated through simulations and a hardware implementation, which suggest low latency and high channel selection quality even in very adverse conditions.