Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks. Ye, W. & Heidemann, J. Technical Report ISI-TR-2003-580, USC/Information Sciences Institute, October, 2003. To appear as a chapter in \emphWireless Sensor Networks, Taieb Znati, Krishna M. Sivalingam and Cauligi Raghavendra (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers
Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
This paper reviews medium access control (MAC), an enabling technology in wireless sensor networks. MAC protocols control how sensors access a shared radio channel to communicate with neighbors. Battery-powered wireless sensor networks with many nearby nodes challenge traditional MAC design. This paper discusses design trade-offs with an emphasis on energy efficiency. It classifies existing MAC protocols and compares their advantages and disadvantages in the context of sensor networks. Finally, it presents S-MAC as an example of a MAC protocol designed specifically for a sensor network, illustrating one combination of design trade-offs.
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	author = 	"Wei Ye and John Heidemann",
	title = 	"Medium Access Control in Wireless Sensor Networks",
	institution = 	"USC/Information Sciences Institute",
	year = 		2003,
	sortdate = "2003-10-01",
	project = "ilense, macss, scadds",
	jsubject = "sensornet_subtransport",
	number =	"ISI-TR-2003-580",
	month =		oct,
	note = "To appear as a chapter in \emph{Wireless Sensor
                         Networks}, Taieb Znati, Krishna M. Sivalingam
                         and Cauligi Raghavendra (eds.), Kluwer
                         Academic Publishers",
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	abstract = "
This paper reviews medium access control (MAC), an enabling technology
in wireless sensor networks. MAC protocols control how sensors access
a shared radio channel to communicate with neighbors. Battery-powered
wireless sensor networks with many nearby nodes challenge traditional
MAC design. This paper discusses design trade-offs with an emphasis on
energy efficiency. It classifies existing MAC protocols and compares
their advantages and disadvantages in the context of sensor
networks. Finally, it presents S-MAC as an example of a MAC protocol
designed specifically for a sensor network, illustrating one
combination of design trade-offs.
",
}

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