Title :
Study on medium access control protocol in wireless sensor networks
Author :
Ying, Xu ; Zheng, Ye ; Xu, Gao ; Zhe, Yan
Author_Institution :
State Grid Electr. Power Res. Inst., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
Medium access control (MAC) protocol is an important component of wireless sensor network protocol, and network performance (such as throughput, capacity, time delay and power consumption, etc) depends on the MAC protocol used, which is also one of the major technical difficulties for wireless sensor network design. This paper points out the main problem of the MAC protocol design for wireless sensor networks, and does some analysis and research on several typical MAC protocols, as well as analyzes the research and application directions of MAC protocols for wireless sensor network.
Keywords :
access protocols; wireless sensor networks; MAC protocol design; medium access control protocol; network performance; wireless sensor network design; wireless sensor networks; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Media Access Protocol; Real time systems; Throughput; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring (CDCIEM), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hunan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0458-0
DOI :
10.1109/CDCIEM.2012.162
