A detailed review of multi-channel medium access control protocols for wireless sensor networks

International Journal of Wireless Information Networks

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Fard, Gholam Hossein Ekbatani ^a,b   Monsefi, Reza ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Medium access control (MAC); Multi channel; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

IEEE 802.15.4; LIMITED BANDWIDTH; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; MICAZ MOTES; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-CHANNEL MAC PROTOCOLS; MULTICHANNEL COMMUNICATION; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; NETWORK PROPERTIES; ROCKWELL; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SINGLE-CHANNEL; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; ZIGBEE;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84863716588     PISSN: 10689605     EISSN: 15728129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10776-011-0156-y     Document Type: Review

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