Title: A high-throughput energy-aware medium-access-control protocol for wireless sensor networks

Authors: Christopher K. Nguyen, Anup Kumar

Addresses: Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. ' Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA

Abstract: The paper proposes a throughput and energy-aware medium-access-control protocol for wireless sensor networks. This innovative approach aggressively eliminates the wasted energy while increasing the throughput. The proposed throughput and energy-aware medium-access-control protocol solves the energy inefficiency caused by idle listening and overhearing. Communication is handled using the built-in synchronisation. Mobility and scalability are supported by the history-independent establishment of communication. Simulation experiments have been performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach compared to some recently proposed energy-efficient protocols.

Keywords: TEA-MAC; high throughput; energy aware; asleep; awake; sleep counter; wake counter; medium access control protocols; wireless networks; sensor networks; energy efficient protocols; idle listening; overhearing; synchronisation; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2006.010500

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2006 Vol.1 No.4, pp.194 - 202

Published online: 26 Jul 2006 *

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