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Performance Analysis of a Multichannel Dynamically Aggregative MAC Protocol for WSNs

Gaofeng Pan,
Quanyuan Feng,

Abstract


In this paper, a multichannel dynamically aggregative medium access control (DA-MAC) protocol is proposed for wireless sensor networks. We develop a self-adaptive burst size control algorithm to adaptively adjust burst size according to the wireless channel quality. To evaluate the performance of DA-MAC, a three-dimensional Markov chain model has been developed. Numerical and simulation results show that energy efficiency and overhead can be significantly improved by the proposed DA-MAC.

Keywords


Wireless sensor networks; Medium access control; Energy efficiency; Overhead

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Gaofeng Pan, Quanyuan Feng, "Performance Analysis of a Multichannel Dynamically Aggregative MAC Protocol for WSNs," Journal of Internet Technology, vol. 15, no. 3 , pp. 441-450, May. 2014.

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