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Authors:
Juan Lu
Adrien Van Den Bossche
Eric Campo
Keywords: IEEE 802.15.4; mesh topology; QoS; energy saving, health monitoring application
Abstract:
The MAC (Medium Access Control) protocol has an important influence on network performance, especially in home health monitoring which constrains delivery of time sensitive message and power consumption. In this paper, a multi-hop mesh sensor network is proposed based on a novel MAC protocol ADCF (Adaptive and Distributed Collision-Free). ADCF uses CFBS (Collision-Free Beacon Slot)and CFDS (Collision-Free Data Slot) mechanisms to guarantee QoS (Quality of Service) while reducing energy consumption in a mesh topology. The simulation results show better performances of ADCF compared with IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol in terms of energy and guaranteed medium access with the flexibility of mesh topology.
Pages: 98 to 102
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012
Publication date: June 24, 2012
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4219
ISBN: 978-1-61208-203-5
Location: Venice, Italy
Dates: from June 24, 2012 to June 29, 2012