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A+MAC : A Streamlined Variable Duty-Cycle MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Joint Authors
Source
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue - (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Telecommunications Engineering
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
To improve the energy efficiency and the transmission performance of a sensor network MAC protocol under time varying traffic conditions, recent researches have adopted a variable duty cycle operation that makes each node dynamically adjust its own wakeup and sleep schedule according to a predefined trigger condition.
However, most of the existing protocols still waste energy on a long preamble packet for waking up a receiver or long idle listening for checking potential communications.
To address the energy waste problem, this paper introduces a hybrid MAC protocol called A+MAC that exploits a complementary cooperation between CSMA/CA and preamble sampling.
In A+MAC CSMA/CA is used for carrying out communication processes, and preamble sampling is used for checking potential communications.
Therefore, A+MAC minimizes both idle listening and the length of a preamble packet by exploiting a short preamble that makes nodes check only the event occurrence.
A+MAC also optimizes control packet formats and eliminates both virtual carrier sensing and a separate clock synchronization period from conventional CSMA/CA based MAC protocols.
We evaluated both the energy and the network performance of the protocol by using both NS-2 and MICA2 platforms.
Our experimentation results show that A+MAC can achieve an order of magnitude energy savings while providing near optimal latency compared to the existing solutions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lee, Sang Hoon& Choi, Lynn. 2013. A+MAC : A Streamlined Variable Duty-Cycle MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks،Vol. 2013, no. -, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497827
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lee, Sang Hoon& Choi, Lynn. A+MAC : A Streamlined Variable Duty-Cycle MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Vol. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497827
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lee, Sang Hoon& Choi, Lynn. A+MAC : A Streamlined Variable Duty-Cycle MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. -, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-497827
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-497827