A Low Power IoT Medium Access Control for Receiver-Assigned CDMA

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric E. Petrosky ◽  
Alan J. Michaels ◽  
Joseph M. Ernst
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Multiple Access ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Cdma Networks

Low power, low cost, and security-conscious wireless sensor networks are becoming increasingly pervasive in the internet of things (IoT). In these networks, receiver-assigned code division multiple access (RA-CDMA) offers benefits over existing multiple access techniques. RA-CDMA networks are asynchronous, robust against multipath interference, and offer resilience against collision. A lightweight medium access control (MAC) protocol is needed to facilitate communication in RA-CDMA networks between low power sensor nodes and access points. This article provides an overview of RA-CDMA and proposes elements of a new MAC protocol that could improve performance of certain wireless sensor networks. Key features of the proposed MAC design are introduced and compared to those of existing protocols, highlighting its simple and lightweight design. Through its compatibility with RA-CDMA, the MAC design eliminates significant overhead and complexity while meeting requirements for low power networks, which enables the implementation of dense IoT sensor networks.

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 Network-Coding-Based Cooperative ARQ Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 601321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelos Antonopoulos ◽  
Christos Verikoukis
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Network Coding ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Medium Access Control Protocol ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medium Access

We introduce a novel Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Automatic Repeat reQuest-based (ARQ-based) cooperative wireless sensor networks. Using network coding techniques, we achieve a better network performance in terms of energy efficiency without compromising the offered Quality of Service (QoS). The proposed solution is compared to other cooperative schemes, while analytical and simulation results are provided to evaluate our protocol.

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.

An Improved MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks in Medical Application

2012 ◽  
Vol 236-237 ◽  
pp. 1020-1025
Author(s):  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Shi Gang
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Medical Application ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Slave Node ◽  
Medium Access

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) provide a valuable capability to autonomously monitor remote activities. Their limited resources challenge WSN medium access control (MAC) layer designers to adequately support network services while conserving limited battery power. We expect sensor networks to be deployed in an ad hoc fashion, with individual nodes remaining largely inactive for long periods of time, but then becoming suddenly active when something is detected. These characteristics of sensor networks and applications motivate a MAC that is different from traditional wireless MACs such as IEEE 802.11 in almost every way: energy conservation and self-configuration are primary goals. This paper proposes M-MAC, a medium access control protocol designed for medical wireless sensor networks. M-MAC’s centre management function offers significant energy savings by wiping off contention and keeping nodes sleeping all the time except awaking to send its Data package. All Slave Node(SN) need only communicate with a specific Master Node(MN) in a group and due to close range, routing is unnecessary. The MN acts as scheduler and when receives a Data package from a SN, it will indicate the SN how long it should be asleep and what it should do after awaking. Period is introduced as the time windows and it is divided into Frame Time. Every MN occupies a unique Frame Time and this is decided by its MAC address. Then the Frame Time separates into smaller Slot Time and it is the atomic time span for SN exchanging data with MN. Practice has proved that the M-MAC protocol is effective in our medical application and it can extend the lifetime of SN greatly

scholarly journals Fuzzy Based Enhanced Medium Access Control protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1585-1591
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Medium Access Control Protocol ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Data Packets ◽  
Control Protocol

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have increased huge consideration because of their wide scope of utilizations. In these networks, the sensor hubs gather various kinds of information from the general condition. During the transmission of collected data packets, some of them will be dropped due to the collision of packets. So, collide packets are retransmitted which may lead the network to high energy consumption. As Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol has responsible for reliable communication in WSN, an enhanced MAC protocol has to be proposed for improving energy efficiency of the network. By considering this solution, Fuzzy Based Enhanced Medium Access Control protocol (Fuzzy-MAC) is proposed in this paper. Before transmission, data packets are prioritized using the Fuzzy system. Then the packets are transmitted in light of the need of the parcels. Simulation results show that the exhibition of the proposed Fuzzy-MAC beats that of existing MAC protocols as far as energy utilization, delivery ratio and throughput.

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