<s>
TSMP	B-Device
,	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Time	B-Device
Synchronized	I-Device
Mesh	I-Device
Protocol	I-Device
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Dust	O
Networks	O
as	O
a	O
communications	O
protocol	O
for	O
self-organizing	O
networks	O
of	O
wireless	O
devices	O
called	O
motes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TSMP	B-Device
devices	O
stay	O
synchronized	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
communicate	O
in	O
time-slots	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
TDM	O
(	O
time-division	B-Protocol
multiplexing	I-Protocol
)	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
channel	O
hopping	O
to	O
avoid	O
interference	O
--	O
the	O
packets	O
between	O
TSMP	B-Device
devices	O
get	O
sent	O
on	O
different	O
radio	O
channels	O
depending	O
on	O
time	O
of	O
transmission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TSMP	B-Device
distinguishes	O
itself	O
from	O
other	O
time-slotted	O
mesh-based	O
protocols	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
time-slot	O
timing	O
is	O
maintained	O
continuously	O
and	O
enables	O
a	O
network	O
to	O
duty-cycle	O
on	O
a	O
transmitter-receiver	O
pair-wise	O
basis	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
putting	O
the	O
entire	O
network	O
to	O
sleep	O
for	O
extended	O
periods	O
of	O
time	O
(	O
as	O
is	O
done	O
in	O
a	O
beacon-based	O
protocol	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
DigiMesh	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dust	O
Networks	O
 '	O
underlying	O
time	O
synchronized	O
mesh	O
networking	O
technology	O
has	O
been	O
standardized	O
by	O
the	O
HART	O
Communications	O
Foundation	O
with	O
the	O
WirelessHART	B-Device
protocol	O
,	O
the	O
International	O
Society	O
of	O
Automation	O
ISA100	O
standard	O
and	O
in	O
internet	O
protocol	O
standards	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
IEEE802.15.4E	O
MAC	O
layer	O
,	O
and	O
IETF	O
6TiSCh	O
.	O
</s>
