A simulation based analysis of the impact of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC parameters on the performance under different traffic loads

Mobile Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-99

  Rohm, D ^a   Goyal, M ^a   Hosseini, H ^a   Divjak, A ^b   Bashir, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b JOHNSON CONTROLS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

CSMA; Hidden nodes; IEEE 802.15.4 MAC; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; PACKET LOSS; PACKET NETWORKS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

HIDDEN NODES; IEEE 802.15.4 MACS; IEEE 802.15.4 NETWORKS; LOW DATA RATES; MONITORING AND CONTROL; PACKET LATENCIES; PACKET LOSS PROBABILITY; SIMULATION-BASED ANALYSIS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 77952970425     PISSN: 1574017X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MIS-2009-0074     Document Type: Article

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