A Comparative Study of Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

• 作者: Meghan GUNN Simon G. M. KOO
• 来源期刊: 通讯、网络与系统学国际期刊(英文)
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: WIRELESS NETWORKS SENSOR NETWORKS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
• 年，卷（期）: 2009,（8）
• 页码范围: 695-703
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: TN92

摘要

One of the major constraints in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is power consumption. In recent years, a lot of efforts have been put into the design of medium access control (MAC) protocols for WSN, in order to reduce energy consumption and enhance the network’s lifetime. In this paper, we surveyed some MAC protocols for WSN and compared their design tradeoffs. The goal is to provide a foundation for future MAC design, and to identify important design issues that allow us to improve the overall performances.