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An Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Passive Sensor Networks

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  • Qingyao Yu

    (School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China)

  • Guangming Li

    (School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China)

  • Xiaojie Hang

    (School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China)

  • Kun Fu

    (School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China)

  • And Tianqi Li

    (China Mobile Group Shandong Company Limited Dongying Brunch, Dongying 257000, China)

Abstract

Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol is one of the key network protocols that ensure Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) maintain high performance during communication. MAC protocol design plays an important role in improving the performances of the whole network. First, Wireless Passive Sensor Networks (WPSNs) and MAC protocols are introduced in this paper. Second, some existing MAC protocols are introduced. Sensor MAC (S-MAC) protocol is analyzed and existing improved backoff algorithms are introduced. A new MAC protocol called Improved Sensor MAC (IS-MAC) is then proposed to solve the problem that the contention window (CW) during carrier sense is fixed in S-MAC protocol. IS-MAC protocol is able to adjust CW in terms of network load, so energy consumption can be decreased. Finally, according to the simulation results on NS2, the proposed protocol has better performance in terms of throughput and energy consumption.

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  • Qingyao Yu & Guangming Li & Xiaojie Hang & Kun Fu & And Tianqi Li, 2017. "An Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for Wireless Passive Sensor Networks," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:9:y:2017:i:2:p:14-:d:96169
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