scholarly journals Directional Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wong ◽  
Qian Chen ◽  
Francois Chin
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Mac Protocols ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Directional Medium Access Control

Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

2012 ◽  
pp. 367-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pardeep Kumar ◽  
Mesut Gunes
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Mac Protocols ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Basic Network

This chapter provides an overall understanding of the design aspects of Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). A WSN MAC protocol shares the wireless broadcast medium among sensor nodes and creates a basic network infrastructure for them to communicate with each other. The MAC protocol also has a direct influence on the network lifetime of WSNs as it controls the activities of the radio, which is the most power-consuming component of resource-scarce sensor nodes. In this chapter, the authors first discuss the basics of MAC design for WSNs and present a set of important MAC attributes. Subsequently, authors discuss the main categories of MAC protocols proposed for WSNs and highlight their strong and weak points. After briefly outlining different MAC protocols falling in each category, the authors provide a substantial comparison of these protocols for several parameters. Lastly, the chapter discusses future research directions on open issues in this field that have mostly been overlooked.

scholarly journals Energy-Efficient Medium Access Control Protocols for Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: A Comparative Survey

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 3781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subash Luitel ◽  
Sangman Moh
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Radio ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Frequency Spectrum ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Mac Protocols ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks

The increase of application areas in wireless sensor networks demands novel solutions in terms of energy consumption and radio frequency management. Cognitive radio sensor networks (CRSNs) are key for ensuring efficient spectrum management, by making it possible to use the unused licensed frequency spectrum together with the unlicensed frequency spectrum. Sensor nodes powered by energy-constrained batteries necessarily require energy-efficient protocols at the routing and medium access control (MAC) layers. In CRSNs, energy efficiency is more important because the sensor nodes consume additional energy for spectrum sensing and management. To the best of authors’ knowledge, there is no survey on “energy-efficient” MAC protocols for CRSNs in the literature, even though a conceptual review on MAC protocols for CRSNs was presented at a conference recently. In this paper, energy-efficient MAC protocols for CRSNs are extensively surveyed and qualitatively compared. Open issues, and research challenges in the design of MAC protocols for CRSNs, are also discussed.

Cooperative Multichannel Directional Medium Access Control for Ad Hoc Networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2675-2686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Wang ◽  
Mehul Motani ◽  
Hari Krishna Garg ◽  
Qian Chen ◽  
Tie Luo
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Hoc Networks ◽  
Directional Medium Access Control

Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

2013 ◽  
pp. 947-974
Author(s):  
Pardeep Kumar ◽  
Mesut Gunes
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Mac Protocols ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Basic Network

This chapter provides an overall understanding of the design aspects of Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). A WSN MAC protocol shares the wireless broadcast medium among sensor nodes and creates a basic network infrastructure for them to communicate with each other. The MAC protocol also has a direct influence on the network lifetime of WSNs as it controls the activities of the radio, which is the most power-consuming component of resource-scarce sensor nodes. In this chapter, the authors first discuss the basics of MAC design for WSNs and present a set of important MAC attributes. Subsequently, authors discuss the main categories of MAC protocols proposed for WSNs and highlight their strong and weak points. After briefly outlining different MAC protocols falling in each category, the authors provide a substantial comparison of these protocols for several parameters. Lastly, the chapter discusses future research directions on open issues in this field that have mostly been overlooked.

scholarly journals Directional medium access control for ad hoc networks

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1059-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Wang ◽  
Hongqiang Zhai ◽  
Pan Li ◽  
Yuguang Fang ◽  
Dapeng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Hoc Networks ◽  
Directional Medium Access Control
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