This chapter examines various important low duty cycle MAC protocols and the two most
important MAC protocols designed specifically for cooperative Multiple-Input Multiple-Output …

After more than two decades of their introduction, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) remain
an active research topic due to their wide range applications in areas such as healthcare …

Energy saving has been the primal issue in designing medium access control (MAC)
protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, with the advent of new micro …

In recent years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained significant attention in both
industry and academia. In WSNs, each sensor node is normally equipped with a small‐size …

This paper presents a new hybrid MAC protocol for wireless sensor network (WSN). The
design of our protocol benefits from the low traffic feature of the majority of WSN applications …

Synchronized MAC protocols are now considered as the ultimate solution to access the
medium in wireless sensor networks. They guarantee both high throughout and constant …

Due to the limited battery in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), energy efficiency is an
important factor when designing a MAC protocol. To minimize energy consumption, most of …

The duty cycle of a wireless sensor node is a key factor that determines the life time of a
wireless sensor network. In general, sensor medium access control protocols reduce the …

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have become a leading solution in many important
applications such as intrusion detection, target tracking, industrial automation, smart building …

Medium access control (MAC) protocols play a crucial role in energy efficiency, latency
reduction for sensor networks. Although some existing MAC protocols have achieved certain …