Data collection is the most basic task in wireless sensor networks. A wireless sensor network consists of large numbers of nodes which collects data and then forwards collected data to sink. An important area of research in WSN is energy conservation. Medium Access Control(MAC) protocols plays vital role in energy conservation. MAC protocols are either CSMA based or TDMA based. CSMA based protocols suffers from collision while synchronization among nodes is drawback of TDMA based protocols.
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