Performance evaluation of an energy-efficient MAC scheduler by using a test bed approach

Journal of Communications Software and Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-96

  Alessandrelli, Daniele ^b   Mainetti, Luca ^a   Patrono, Luigi ^a   Pellerano, Giovanni ^c   Petracca, Matteo ^c   Stefanizzi, Maria Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contiki; MAC protocol; Performance evaluation; Test bed; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876375112     PISSN: 18456421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24138/jcomss.v9i1.160     Document Type: Article

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