Title :
Performance Analysis of an Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for Sensor Networks
Author :
Zhang, Jun ; Nait, F.A. ; Bensaou, Brahim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong
Abstract :
In this paper we derive a qualitative model for O-MAC, an energy efficient MAC protocol designed for sensor networks. Through this model we study how each parameter, such as packet sending rate, node density and end-to-end hop lengths, affects the performance of O-MAC and the limitation of current O-MAC protocol. Moreover, the model gives us the direction of with which to modify the current O-MAC protocol to improve its performance.
Keywords :
access protocols; wireless sensor networks; end-to-end hop lengths; energy efficient MAC protocol; node density; packet sending rate; sensor networks; Computer science; Design engineering; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Media Access Protocol; Parallel architectures; Performance analysis; Power engineering and energy; Throughput; Wireless application protocol; MAC Protocol; Performance Analysis; Sensor Networks;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Architectures, Algorithms, and Networks, 2008. I-SPAN 2008. International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3125-0
DOI :
10.1109/I-SPAN.2008.1
