Title :
HTSMAC: High Throughput Sensor MAC for Wireless Video Networks
Author :
Zhou, Quan ; Xu, Yongjun ; Li, Xiaowei
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Technol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
The wireless video network (WVN) is a special wireless sensor network (WSN), which acquires, aggregates and delivers image data. Besides the design challenges of WSNs, there are more difficulties in building WVNs. In this paper, the hardware and software architectures of WVNs are discussed. An enhanced version of S-MAC, High Throughput Sensor MAC (HTSMAC), is proposed to maximize the network throughput and energy efficiency. Theoretical analysis and computer simulation shows that this protocol can achieve both high throughput and power efficiency.
Keywords :
access protocols; video communication; wireless sensor networks; high throughput sensor MAC; wireless sensor network; wireless video networks; Access protocols; Energy efficiency; Hardware; Image sensors; Media Access Protocol; Temperature sensors; Throughput; Time division multiple access; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2007. WiCom 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1311-9
DOI :
10.1109/WICOM.2007.605
