Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks
Wei Ye and John Heidemann
USC/Information Sciences Institute
Citation
Wei Ye and John Heidemann. Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks. Technical Report ISI-TR-2003-580. USC/Information Sciences Institute. [PDF] [alt PDF]
Abstract
This paper reviews medium access control (MAC), an enabling technology in wireless sensor networks. MAC protocols control how sensors access a shared radio channel to communicate with neighbors. Battery-powered wireless sensor networks with many nearby nodes challenge traditional MAC design. This paper discusses design trade-offs with an emphasis on energy efficiency. It classifies existing MAC protocols and compares their advantages and disadvantages in the context of sensor networks. Finally, it presents S-MAC as an example of a MAC protocol designed specifically for a sensor network, illustrating one combination of design trade-offs.Bibtex Citation
@techreport{Ye03c,
author = {Ye, Wei and Heidemann, John},
title = {Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks},
institution = {USC/Information Sciences Institute},
year = {2003},
sortdate = {2003-10-01},
project = {ilense, macss, scadds},
jsubject = {sensornet_subtransport},
number = {ISI-TR-2003-580},
month = oct,
note = {To appear as a chapter in \emph{Wireless Sensor
Networks}, Taieb Znati, Krishna M. Sivalingam
and Cauligi Raghavendra (eds.), Kluwer
Academic Publishers},
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keywords = {MAC survey paper, book chapter},
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