Survey on latency issues of asynchronous MAC protocols in delay-sensitive wireless sensor networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 528-550

  Doudou, Messaoud ^a   Djenouri, Djamel ^a   Badache, Nadjib ^a  

^a CERIST RESEARCH CENTER   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Asynchronous Protocols; Delay sensitive application; MAC protocols; Quality of service; Real time applications; Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS DUTY-CYCLING; ASYNCHRONOUS PROTOCOLS; CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION; DELAY-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS; MAC (MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL) PROTOCOL; MAC PROTOCOL; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; RECEIVER-INITIATED;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; WAKES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84877575900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.040412.00075     Document Type: Article

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