MAC Layer Protocols for Internet of Things: A Survey

Luiz Oliveira, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Sergei A. Kozlov, Ricardo A. L. Rabêlo and Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque
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Luiz Oliveira: National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Santa Rita do Sapucaí MG 37540-000, Brazil
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues: National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Santa Rita do Sapucaí MG 37540-000, Brazil
Sergei A. Kozlov: International Institute of Photonics and Optoinformatics, ITMO University, 197101 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ricardo A. L. Rabêlo: Department of Computing (DC), Graduate Program in Computer Science (PPGCC), Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Ministro Petronio Portela Campus, Teresina 64049-550, Piaui, Brazil
Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque: Graduate Program in Applied Informatics, University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Fortaleza CE 60811-905, Brazil

Future Internet, 2019, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-42

Abstract: Due to the wide variety of uses and the diversity of features required to meet an application, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are moving forward at a strong pace to meet this demand while at the same time trying to meet the time-to-market of these applications. The characteristics required by applications, such as coverage area, scalability, transmission data rate, and applicability, refer to the Physical and Medium Access Control (MAC) layer designs of protocols. This paper presents a deep study of medium access control (MAC) layer protocols that are used in IoT with a detailed description of such protocols grouped (by short and long distance coverage). For short range coverage protocols, the following are considered: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth IEEE 802.15.1, Bluetooth Low Energy, IEEE 802.15.4, Wireless Highway Addressable Remote Transducer Protocol (Wireless-HART), Z-Wave, Weightless, and IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ah. For the long range group, Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT), Long Term Evolution (LTE) CAT-0, LTE CAT-M, LTE CAT-N, Long Range Protocol (LoRa), and SigFox protocols are studied. A comparative study is performed for each group of protocols in order to provide insights and a reference study for IoT applications, considering their characteristics, limitations, and behavior. Open research issues on the topic are also identified.

Keywords: Internet of Things; Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN); Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs); short range protocols; long range protocols; medium access control; MAC layer protocols; layer two protocols (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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