A comprehensive review on energy harvesting MAC protocols in WSNs: Challenges and tradeoffs

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 71, Issue , 2018, Pages 117-134

  Sherazi, Hafiz Husnain Raza ^a   Grieco, Luigi Alfredo ^a   Boggia, Gennaro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting architecture; Energy harvesting MAC; Energy harvesting IoT; MAC protocols; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; INTERNET OF THINGS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY; DISTRIBUTED MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; MAC PROTOCOL; MESSAGE TRANSMISSIONS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 85043388907     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2018.01.004     Document Type: Article

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