Collision-free beacon scheduling mechanisms for IEEE 802.15.4/zigbee cluster-tree wireless sensor networks

7th International Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks, ASWN 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Koubâa, Anis ^a,b   Alves, Mario ^a   Attia, Melek ^a,c   Van Nieuwenhuyse, Anneleen ^a,d  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^d ODISEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MESH NETWORKING; PEER TO PEER NETWORKS; SCHEDULING; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TOPOLOGY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

BEACON SCHEDULING MECHANISMS; BEACON-ENABLED MODES; CLUSTER-TREE TOPOLOGIES; IEEE 802.15.4/ZIGBEE; MULTI-HOP CLUSTERS; MULTI-HOP NETWORKING; UBIQUITOUS AND PERVASIVE COMPUTING; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 47949128324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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