Energy efficient MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor networks endowed with Directive antennas: A cross-layer solution

2008 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 239-242

  Manes, Gianfranco ^a   Fantacci, Romano ^a   Chiti, Francesco ^a   Ciabatti, Michele ^a   Collodi, Giovanni ^a   Palma, Davide Di ^a   Nelli, Ilaria ^a   Manes, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Directive antennas; Energy efficiency; MAC protocols design; Performance evaluation; Wireless Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; HYBRID SENSORS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; MAC PROTOCOLS; MAC PROTOCOLS DESIGN; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 50949129205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2008.4463473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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