A survey of MAC protocols for mission-critical applications in wireless sensor networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 240-264

  Suriyachai, Petcharat ^a   Roedig, Utz ^a   Scott, Andrew ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medium Access Control Protocols; Mission Critical Applications; Quality of Service; Safety Critical Applications; Survey; Time Critical Applications; Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; TIME-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR AND ACTUATOR NETWORKS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SURVEYS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84860882623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2011.020211.00036     Document Type: Review

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