Survey on low power real-time wireless MAC protocols

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 293-316

  Bartolomeu, Paulo ^b,d   Alam, Muhammad ^a   Ferreira, Joaquim ^a,c   Fonseca, José ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d Micro I/O   (Portugal)

Author keywords

2.4 GHz ISM Band; Bluetooth; Real time Wireless protocols; Wireless MAC protocol; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

BLUETOOTH; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; SURVEYS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; ZIGBEE;

AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL , SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL BANDS; ISM BANDS; LOW-POWER COMMUNICATION; REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION; TIMELINESS AND RELIABILITY; WIRELESS MAC PROTOCOLS; WIRELESS PROTOCOL;

WI-FI;

EID: 84988596821     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2016.09.004     Document Type: Review

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