M&M: A multi-channel MAC protocol with multiple channel reservation for wireless sensor networks

Jinbao Li, Desheng Zhang

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Abstract

In this paper, a multi-channel MAC protocol, called M&M, with multiple channel reservation is proposed to tackle the channel conflict problem. M&M is fully distributed with no requirements of time synchronization or multi-radio, so it is very practical to implement M&M in resource-constrained sensor nodes. M&M can make nodes to choose one actually idle channel for communications from all assumed idle channels. Therefore, M&M can greatly alleviate, if not completely eliminate, packet collisions resulted by the channel conflict, and thus conserve more energy to prolong the lifetime of WSNs. To investigate the values of multiple channel reservation, extensive simulation and real testbed experiments are conducted. The results show that when the number of channels becomes larger or loads are heavy, M&M improves energy efficiency and throughput significantly.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, CyberC 2010
Pages113-120
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, CyberC 2010 - Huangshan, China
Duration: Oct 10 2010Oct 12 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2010 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, CyberC 2010

Other

Other2nd International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery, CyberC 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHuangshan
Period10/10/1010/12/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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