DocumentCode
937393
Title
A new technique for reducing MAC address overheads in sensor networks
Author
Chin, Kwan-Wu ; Lowe, Darryn ; Sanchez, Ricardo Gandia
Author_Institution
Wireless Technol. Lab., Wollongong Univ., Northfields Avenue, NSW, Australia
Volume
10
Issue
5
fYear
2006
fDate
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
338
Lastpage
340
Abstract
In sensor networks, the size of the medium access control (MAC) address is prohibitively expensive when one considers the small payload and the cost of transmitting one bit. We address this problem by proposing a technique that encodes L-bits of the payload with a key derived from MAC addresses. We show how the decoding process removes the need for MAC addresses in packets.
Keywords
access protocols; decoding; wireless sensor networks; L-bit encoding; MAC address; decoding process; medium access control; sensor network; Batteries; Costs; Decoding; Energy efficiency; Humidity; Intelligent networks; Media Access Protocol; Monitoring; Payloads; Scalability;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7798
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LCOMM.2006.1633315
Filename
1633315
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