Performance analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Protocol for WSNs with ACK frame transmission under unsaturated traffic conditions

Author

Wijetunge, Sumudu ; Gunawardana, Upul ; Liyanapathirana, Ranjith

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

60

Abstract

In this paper, we apply a discrete-time Markov Chain model to analyse the performance of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Protocol with acknowledgement (ACK) frame transmission under unsaturated traffic conditions. We evaluate the system performance in terms of aggregate throughput and average power consumption of a node. Analytical results are substantiated through ns2 simulations. The effects of frame arriving rate, number of nodes and frame length, on the performance of the system are also discussed.

Keywords

Markov processes; access protocols; data communication; discrete time systems; personal area networks; telecommunication traffic; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4; MAC protocol; WSN; acknowledgement frame transmission; discrete-time Markov Chain model; performance analysis; unsaturated traffic; Analytical models; Markov processes; Media Access Protocol; Power demand; Throughput; Transceivers; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), 2010 Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, QLD

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7174-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSNIP.2010.5706752

Filename

5706752