Receiver-initiated medium access control protocols for wireless sensor networks

Fafoutis, Xenofon; Mauro, Alessio Di; Vithanage, Madava D.; Dragoni, Nicola

doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2014.11.002

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“…For an in-depth survey on WBANs, we refer the reader to [27] and [28]; whereas [29] presents a survey on WBANs with special interest in eHealth. For a thorough investigation on low-power medium access control (MAC) protocols for energy-constrained wireless networks, we refer the reader to [30] and [31].…”

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A residential maintenance-free long-term activity monitoring system for healthcare applications

Fafoutis

Tsimbalo

Mellios

et al. 2016

J Wireless Com Network

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Demographic changes such as the ageing population and the continuous rise of chronic medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes and depression make our healthcare systems economically unsustainable. Sensing technologies are promising solutions that can provide cost-effective answers to these challenges. In this paper, we focus on long-term in-house activity monitoring that aims at early detection and prevention of such conditions. In this context, we present and experimentally evaluate an ultra low-power (less than 100-μW long-term average power consumption) on-body activity sensing prototype system that is based on Bluetooth low energy (BLE). As part of a larger smart home monitoring architecture, the role of the presented system is to collect and reliably deliver acceleration data to the upper layers of the architecture. The system evaluation incorporates a thorough power consumption study that facilitates meaningful battery lifetime estimations, an insightful coverage study in an actual residential environment, and the investigation of energy-efficient packet loss mitigation techniques.

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A residential maintenance-free long-term activity monitoring system for healthcare applications

Fafoutis

Tsimbalo

Mellios

et al. 2016

J Wireless Com Network

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“…To this end, we have simulated a representative set of deployment scenarios. 3 To serve as a reference point, we also tested the performance of the original RI-MAC [2] algorithm.…”

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A Self-Tuning Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Rodríguez-Pérez

Herrería-Alonso

Fernández‐Veiga

et al. 2015

IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett.

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Abstract-Receiver-initiated medium access control protocols for wireless sensor networks are theoretically able to adapt to changing network conditions in a distributed manner. However, existing algorithms rely on fixed beacon rates at each receiver. We present a new received initiated MAC protocol that adapts the beacon rate at each receiver to its actual traffic load. Our proposal uses a computationally inexpensive formula for calculating the optimum beacon rate that minimizes network energy consumption and, so, it can be easily adopted by receivers. Simulation results show that our proposal reduces collisions and diminishes delivery time maintaining a low duty cycle.

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“…To avoid idle listening in the waiting beacon, new approaches are required to efficiently and effectively coordinate the transmission between sender and receiver; and particular emphasis can be placed on prediction of the receiver's wake-up time, as in [31]. To understand the architecture of the receiver-initiated technique more deeply, a recent detailed survey of MAC protocols in the receiverinitiated category can be found in [32].…”

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MAC Protocols for Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks: Survey

Koşunalp¹

2015

ETRI J

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Energy harvesting (EH) technology in the field of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is gaining increasing popularity through removing the burden of having to replace/recharge depleted energy sources by energy harvester devices. EH provides an alternative source of energy from the surrounding environment; therefore, by exploiting the EH process, WSNs can achieve a perpetual lifetime. In view of this, emphasis is being placed on the design of new medium access control (MAC) protocols that aim to maximize the lifetime of WSNs by using the maximum possible amount of harvested energy instead of saving any residual energy, given that the rate of energy harvested is greater than that which is consumed. Various MAC protocols with the objective of exploiting ambient energy have been proposed for energy‐harvesting WSNs (EH‐WSNs). In this paper, first, the fundamental properties of EH‐WSN architecture are outlined. Then, several MAC protocols proposed for EH‐WSNs are presented, describing their operating principles and underlying features. To give an insight into future research directions, open research issues (key ideas) with respect to design trade‐offs are discussed at the end of this paper.

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Receiver-initiated medium access control protocols for wireless sensor networks

Cited by 49 publications

References 20 publications

A residential maintenance-free long-term activity monitoring system for healthcare applications

A residential maintenance-free long-term activity monitoring system for healthcare applications

A Self-Tuning Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

MAC Protocols for Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks: Survey

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