Title :
Impact of Directional Antennas in Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Dunlop, John ; Cortes, Joan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Abstract :
This paper considers the introduction of switched beam directional antennas in wireless sensor networks. The paper compares the performance of an existing solution based on S-MAC. It is shown that the introduction of directional antennas reduces interference, transmission delay and flooding and consequently improves throughput and energy consumption.
Keywords :
directive antennas; wireless sensor networks; switched beam directional antennas; wireless sensor networks; Access protocols; Aperture antennas; Communication switching; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; Interference; Media Access Protocol; Sensor arrays; Sleep; Wireless sensor networks; Directional Antennas; Wireless Sensor Networks;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems, 2007. MASS 2007. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1454-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1455-0
DOI :
10.1109/MOBHOC.2007.4428717
