Over the last decade cooperative communication in wireless sensor networks (WSN)
received much attention. A lot of works have been done to propose a MAC layer that …

In this paper, we investigate a novel low-latency MAC protocol (ARQ-CRI) for low-power
cooperative wireless sensor networks WSNs, while preserving (ie in high traffic mode) or …

Over the last decade cooperative communication in wireless sensor networks (WSN)
received much attention. A lot of works have been done to propose a MAC layer that …

Recently, several multi-channel MAC protocols have been proposed for wireless sensor
networks (WSNs) to improve network capacity and boost energy efficiency. In addition …

This article proposes a new Mac layer scheme (WSC-MAC) for Wireless Sensor Network
(WSN) improving the overall the network reliability by using cooperative communication. We …

Cooperative communications is one of the promising techniques to enhance the
performance of wireless networks. The extent of performance improvement needs to be …

Cooperative communications take full advantage of the broadcast nature of wireless
channels and create spatial diversity, thereby achieving tremendous improvement in the …

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 …

As Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) grow in popularity, researchers are now focusing
more on some challenging issues that significantly degrade overall performance, such as …

Cooperative MIMO can achieve higher energy savings and lower delays in distributed
systems by allowing nodes to transmit and receive information jointly. In this paper, we …