A robust implicit access protocol for real-time wireless collaboration

Advances in wireless technology have brought us closer to extensive deployment of distributed real-time embedded systems connected through a wireless channel. The medium access control (MAC) layer protocol is critical in providing a real-time guarantee. We have devised a real-time wireless MAC protocol which, demonstrated in: both simulations and implementation, provides better throughput than existing protocols and predictable temporal behavior with minimal impact on node failures, packet losses and noise in the channel.