An energy-efficient MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks

Author

Ren, Qingchun ; Liang, Qilian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Univ., Arlington, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

28 Nov.-2 Dec. 2005

Abstract

In this paper, an asynchronous energy-efficient MAC protocol, ASCEMAC, is proposed for wireless sensor networks. In ASCEMAC, by applying free-running method and fuzzy logic rescheduling scheme, time synchronization which is necessary in existing energy-efficient MAC protocols is not required any more. Moreover, we present a traffic-strength- and network-density-based model to determine essential algorithm parameters, such as power on/off duration, interval of schedule broadcast and super-time-slot size and order. Simulation results show that our algorithm can ensure the average successful transmission rate, decrease the data packet average waiting time, and reduce the average energy consumption. Therefore, network performance is improved and network lifetime is extended by using our algorithm.

Keywords

access protocols; fuzzy logic; scheduling; synchronisation; telecommunication traffic; wireless sensor networks; ASCEMAC; data packet average waiting time; energy-efficient MAC protocol; free-running method; fuzzy logic rescheduling scheme; network lifetime; network performance; network-density-based model; time synchronization; traffic-strength-based model; wireless sensor networks; Broadcasting; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Fuzzy logic; Media Access Protocol; Scheduling algorithm; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005. GLOBECOM '05. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9414-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2005.1577372

Filename

1577372