Energy Saving Mechanisms for MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks

Moshaddique Al Ameen, S. M. Riazul Islam and Kyungsup Kwak

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2010, vol. 6, issue 1, 163413

Abstract: Energy efficiency is a primary requirement in a wireless sensor network (WSN). This is a major design parameter in medium access control (MAC) protocols for WSN due to limited resources in sensor nodes that include low battery power. Hence a proposed MAC protocol must be energy efficient by reducing the potential energy wastes. Developing such a MAC protocol has been a hot research area in WSN. To avoid wasting the limited energy, various energy saving mechanisms are proposed for MAC protocols. These mechanisms have a common design objective—to save energy to maximize the network lifetime. This paper presents a survey on various energy saving mechanisms that are proposed for MAC protocols in WSN. We present a detailed discussion of these mechanisms and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. We also discuss MAC protocols that use these energy saving mechanisms.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1155/2010/163413

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