Latency bounded and energy efficient MAC for wireless sensor networks

E. J. Kim, T. Shon, J. J.H. Park, C. H. Kang

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Abstract

This study presents the design and performance evaluation of a latency bounded and medium access control (MAC) scheme (abbreviated to LB-MAC) for wireless sensor networks that require time-critical communication. LB-MAC provides the predictability for an end-to-sink data delivery time through the time division multiple access (TDMA) multi-channel transmission frame assignment considering the routing path of a tree network. In addition, it uses the traffic-based slot assignment mechanism at every transmission frame to achieve energy efficiency. The feasibility and effectiveness of LB-MAC is demonstrated through extensive simulation based comparisons with prior research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2120-2127
Number of pages8
JournalIET Communications
Volume6
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Sep 2012

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