In this paper, we present a novel low power medium access control protocol for wireless
sensor networks (WSNs). The proposed protocol, EP-MAC (Efficient MAC with Parallel …

Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) communication protocols in wireless sensor networks
provide collision-free communication that increases energy-efficiency while maintaining …

Abstract Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) based Medium Access Control (MAC)
protocols allocate one or more time slots to each sensor node. A node transmits its data …

The design of Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
with both limited energy consumption and data delivery time is crucial for industrial and …

Energy efficient dense wireless sensor network design makes extensive use of spatial
redundancy and appropriate MAC mechanism. CSMA is integrated with TDMA while filtering …

A time division multiple access (TDMA) channel control approach is an efficient method for
large-scale wireless sensor networks, especially when the network is congested. However, it …

Wireless sensor networks have been widely used in many important areas. Medium access
control (MAC) protocols have a significant effect on the function and performance of sensor …

This paper introduces I-MAC a new hybrid medium access control protocol for wireless
sensor networks (WSNs). I-MAC combines both CSMA and TDMA techniques while …

Efficient scheduling of time slots in a time division multiple access scheme (TDMA) is
important for low power wireless sensor networks. Existing algorithms are either centralized …

Energy efficiency is a key characteristic of modern wireless sensors. Assuming that the
transceiver is the most power-consuming component of a typical sensor node, then a large …