Analyses of MAC performance for Multi-Carrier based wireless sensor networks

Author

Qin, Fei ; Mitchell, John E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

4-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

860

Lastpage

866

Abstract

In this work we adopt an OFDMA like Multi-Carrier scheme for wireless sensor networks with the aim of improving the performance in the presence of intensive traffic load. To examine the MAC performance, a simple, yet accurate analytic model has been provided, validated by simulation results. We demonstrate that the proposed scheme can achieve better throughput under heavy offered traffic load, as a result of the higher bandwidth utilisation. In addition, energy efficiency and service delay performance can be significantly increased as well in this architecture.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; access protocols; frequency division multiple access; telecommunication traffic; wireless sensor networks; MAC performance; OFDMA; bandwidth utilisation; energy efficiency; multicarrier scheme; service delay performance; traffic load; wireless sensor networks; Analytical models; Delay; Equations; Mathematical model; Performance evaluation; Throughput; Wireless sensor networks; Energy Efficiency; Multi-Carrier; OFDMA; Service Delay; Throughput; Wireless Sensor Networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2011 IEEE 36th Conference on

Conference_Location

Bonn

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-926-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2011.6115564

Filename

6115564