Design of a low power and low latency MAC protocol with node grouping and transmission pipelining in wireless sensor networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3725-3738

  Chen, Ching Wen ^a   Weng, Chuan Chi ^a   Ku, Chang Jung ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Low power; MAC; Transmission delay; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; HYBRID SENSORS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; WAKES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL UTILIZATION; CONTROL PACKETS; LOW POWER; LOW POWERS; LOW-LATENCY; MAC; MAC PROTOCOLS; MULTI-HOP PATHS; NUMBER OF NODES; POWER CONSUMPTION; SENSOR NODE; SIMULATION RESULTS; SINK NODES; TRANSMISSION DELAY; TRANSMISSION DELAYS; TRANSMIT DATA; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 50849086392     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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