MAC essentials for wireless sensor networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-248

  Bachir, Abdelmalik ^a   Dohler, Mischa ^b   Watteyne, Thomas ^c   Leung, Kin K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy saving protocols; Medium access control; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED RESOURCES; DESIGN GUIDELINES; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY SAVING PROTOCOL; ENERGY SAVING PROTOCOLS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; KEY ELEMENTS; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; PRIME-FOCUS; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; SUITABLE SOLUTIONS; WIRELESS MEDIUM; WIRELESS NETWORKED SENSOR;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77955059877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2010.020510.00058     Document Type: Article

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