Performance Research of the IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Yu, Qicai ; Xing, Jianping ; Zhou, Yan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Shandong Univ., Jinan

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Adancement in wireless communications, electronics and embedded technique has enabled the development of low-cost sensor networks. The MAC protocol plays a significant role in determining the performance of communication in wireless sensor networks. IEEE 802.15.4 protocol, a new standard to address the need for low-rate, low-power and low-cost wireless network is introduced and its essential characteristics are described. The performance evaluations of this protocol, including the bandwidth efficient, packet delivery ration and average delay according to peer-to-peer topology, are simulated and analyzed, which are based on the application over wireless sensor networks. Meanwhile, we analyze and compare IEEE 802.11

Keywords

access protocols; peer-to-peer computing; personal area networks; telecommunication network topology; wireless sensor networks; IEEE 802.15.4 protocol; MAC protocol; embedded technique; peer-to-peer topology; wireless communications; wireless sensor networks; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Peer to peer computing; Performance analysis; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE/ASME International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9721-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MESA.2006.296943

Filename

4077770