An energy-efficient and low-latency MAC protocol with adaptive scheduling for multi-hop wireless sensor networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1452-1461

  Zhao, Y Z ^a   Ma, M ^b   Miao, C Y ^a   Nguyen, T N ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Duty cycle; Energy efficiency; Latency; Medium access control; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SCHEDULING; DATA TRANSMISSION; DUTY CYCLE; DUTY CYCLES; END TO END DELAY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; IDLE LISTENING; LATENCY; LATENCY REDUCTION; LIGHT TRAFFIC; LOW-LATENCY; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; MULTIHOP; OPERATIONAL CYCLE; PACKET DELIVERY RATIO; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SAVING ENERGY; SLEEP MODE; TRAFFIC LOADS; UNICAST; UNICAST TRAFFIC;

AD HOC NETWORKS; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77955303563     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2010.03.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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