A comprehensive analysis of the MAC unreliability problem in IEEE 802.15.4 wireless sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-65

  Anastasi, Giuseppe ^a   Conti, Marco ^b   Di Francesco, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; IEEE 802.15.4; medium access control (MAC) protocol; reliability; scalability; timeliness; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL ACCESS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONTENTION-BASED; DEFAULT PARAMETERS; DELIVERY RATIO; IEEE 802.15.4; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; PACKET DELIVERY RATIO; PARAMETER VALUES; PARAMETERS SETTING; POWER MANAGEMENTS; TIMELINESS; TIMING REQUIREMENTS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; SCALABILITY; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 79951581842     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2010.2085440     Document Type: Article

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