Do sensor networks need mobile MAC protocols?

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2012
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Hassanzadeh, Navid  
Landsiedel, Olaf  
Hermans, Frederik  
Rensfelt, Olof
Voigt, Thiemo  
TORE-URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11420/61268
Citation
3rd International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects, CONET 2012
Contribution to Conference
3rd International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects, CONET 2012  
Publisher Link
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1043104
There exists a number of MAC protocols targeted for mobile scenarios. These include MMAC, MS-MAC and AM-MAC. These MAC protocols have in common that they seem to be evaluated only in simulation. This might indicate that these MAC are either too complex to use or they are not needed, at least for data collection, the major task of sensor networks. In this paper we show that extending a traditional data collection protocol with lightweight, carefully selected mechanisms is sufficient to provide reliable data collection at low energy cost for mobile sensor networks where both sinks and sources move.
DDC Class
620: Engineering