Title :
A low power listening MAC with scheduled wake up after transmissions for WSNs
Author :
Cano, Cristina ; Bellalta, Boris ; Sfairopoulou, Anna ; Barceló, Jaume
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Tecnologies de la Informacio i Comunicacions, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
fDate :
4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This work presents a new MAC protocol for WSNs that combines an unscheduled channel access, based on lowpower listening, with an opportunistic scheduled wake up after transmissions mechanism. The proposed MAC provides a good tradeoff between energy consumption, complexity and performance in terms of throughput and delay. It achieves the benefits of scheduled MAC protocols without the cost of maintaining and sharing the schedule, as well as the low consumption and simple operation of unscheduled MAC protocols.
Keywords :
access protocols; wireless sensor networks; MAC protocol; WSN; low power listening MAC; lowpower listening; opportunistic scheduled wake up; unscheduled channel access; Access protocols; Costs; Delay; Energy consumption; Media Access Protocol; Scheduling; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Transceivers; Wireless sensor networks; WSN, low power listening, B-MAC.;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2009.081831
