Performance Research and Simulation Analysis of the MAC Layer Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks

Qicai  Yu; Jianping  Xing; Yan  Zhou; Lei Zhou

1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Performance Research and Simulation Analysis of the MAC Layer Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks

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    author={Qicai  Yu and Jianping  Xing and Yan  Zhou and Lei Zhou},
    title={Performance Research and Simulation Analysis of the MAC Layer Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks},
    proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
    year={2007},
    month={4},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344798}
}

Qicai Yu
Jianping Xing
Yan Zhou
Lei Zhou
Year: 2007
Performance Research and Simulation Analysis of the MAC Layer Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks
CHINACOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344798

Qicai Yu^1,2, Jianping Xing^1,2, Yan Zhou^1,2, Lei Zhou^1,2

1: School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong University
2: Shandong, Jinan, 250100 China

Abstract

The MAC protocol plays a significant role in determining the performance of communication in WSNs. In this paper, our attention is focused on the performance research of MAC layer. We compare and analyze the performance of IEEE 802.11, S-MAC and IEEE 802.15.4 including packet delivery ratio, average delay, RTS/CTS overhead and energy consumption. Simulation results reveal that S-MAC is suitable for cooperative and delay tolerance sensor network application. On the other hand, IEEE 802.15.4 is applied to a low data rate and short distance communication sensor network. Moreover, IEEE 802.15.4 has a better performance in energy-conservation and latency than S-MAC in our simulation.

Published: 2007-04-10
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344798