Performance evaluation of synchronous and asynchronous MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks

Jaehyun Kim, Jeongseok On, Seoggyu Kim, Jaiyong Lee

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Abstract

In the wireless sensor networks (WSNs), Synchronous approaches share the schedule information that specifies the cycle of active and sleep period by the control packets. On the other hand, asynchronous approaches do not exchange the synchronization information to send or receive data. Instead, they employ preamble sampling to do that. In this paper, we compare and analyze synchronous and asynchronous MAC protocols for WSNs with our two proposed schemes (AD-MAC and AS-MAC). Our proposed schemes present an enhanced adaptive duty cycling and high low power listening algorithm for energy efficiency, respectively. The performance of those two MAC mechanisms with our proposed protocols will be investigated through simulation and analysis to design the effective MAC protocol in WSNs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2nd Int. Conf. Sensor Technol. Appl., SENSORCOMM 2008, Includes
Subtitle of host publicationMESH 2008 Conf. Mesh Networks; ENOPT 2008 Energy Optim. Wireless Sensors Networks; UNWAT 2008 Under Water Sensors Sys.
Pages500-506
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event2nd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2008 - Cap Esterel, France
Duration: 2008 Aug 252008 Aug 31

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2nd Int. Conf. Sensor Technol. Appl., SENSORCOMM 2008, Includes: MESH 2008 Conf. Mesh Networks; ENOPT 2008 Energy Optim. Wireless Sensors Networks, UNWAT 2008 Under Water Sensors Systems

Other

Other2nd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2008
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityCap Esterel
Period08/8/2508/8/31

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Control and Systems Engineering

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