A survey on mobility and mobility-aware MAC protocols in wireless sensor networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-100

  Dong, Qian ^a   Dargie, Waltenegus ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Handover; MAC protocols; Mobility; Survey; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION ALGORITHMS; APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HANDOVER; LINK LAYERS; MAC PROTOCOL; MOBILE NODES; MOBILITY MODEL; MOBILITY-AWARE; PAPER SURVEYS; PROTOCOL DESIGN;

CARRIER MOBILITY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; SURVEYS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84873702755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.013012.00051     Document Type: Article

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