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Energy Saving Mechanisms for MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks

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  • Moshaddique Al Ameen
  • S. M. Riazul Islam
  • Kyungsup Kwak

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Energy efficiency is a primary requirement in a wireless sensor network (WSN). This is a major design parameter in medium access control (MAC) protocols for WSN due to limited resources in sensor nodes that include low battery power. Hence a proposed MAC protocol must be energy efficient by reducing the potential energy wastes. Developing such a MAC protocol has been a hot research area in WSN. To avoid wasting the limited energy, various energy saving mechanisms are proposed for MAC protocols. These mechanisms have a common design objective—to save energy to maximize the network lifetime. This paper presents a survey on various energy saving mechanisms that are proposed for MAC protocols in WSN. We present a detailed discussion of these mechanisms and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. We also discuss MAC protocols that use these energy saving mechanisms.

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  • Moshaddique Al Ameen & S. M. Riazul Islam & Kyungsup Kwak, 2010. "Energy Saving Mechanisms for MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks," International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, , vol. 6(1), pages 163413-1634, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:intdis:v:6:y:2010:i:1:p:163413
    DOI: 10.1155/2010/163413
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