A survey of energy efficient MAC protocols for IEEE 802.11 WLAN

SL Tsao, CH Huang - Computer Communications, 2011 - Elsevier
In recent years, IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs) have been widely
deployed, and more and more mobile devices have built-in WLAN interfaces. However …

Design of structure-free and energy-balanced data aggregation in wireless sensor networks

CM Chao, TY Hsiao - Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2014 - Elsevier
Power saving is a critical issue in wireless sensor networks since sensor nodes are battery-
powered. Data aggregation is an effective approach to save energy because the number of …

A quorum-based energy-saving MAC protocol design for wireless sensor networks

CM Chao, YW Lee - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless sensor networks are mainly designed for environment surveillance, wherein
wireless sensor nodes cooperate to get their job done. Generally, wireless sensors are …

System and method for prioritizing data transmission and transmitting scheduled wake-up times to network stations based on downlink transmission duration

Y Liu - US Patent 7,457,973, 2008 - Google Patents
A new system and method is described, utilizing a scheduler based on a transmission time
calculation and prioritizing algorithm. The system utilizes a Schedule Information Vector …

Saving energy during channel contention in 802.11 WLANs

V Baiamonte, CF Chiasserini - Mobile Networks and Applications, 2006 - Springer
We focus on energy saving in 802.11-based WLANs. Previous work has shown that, on the
one hand, 802.11 wireless interfaces consume a significant amount of energy, on the other …

Design of structure-free and energy-balanced data aggregation in wireless sensor networks

CM Chao, TY Hsiao - 2009 11th IEEE International Conference …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since sensor nodes are energy-constrained, energy saving is a critical issue in wireless
sensor networks. By reducing the number of transmissions, data aggregation is an effective …

Energy efficient medium access control protocol for IEEE 802.11 WLANs

SL Wu, PC Tseng - US Patent App. 10/914,324, 2006 - Google Patents
IEEE 802.11 power management scheme for an ad hoc network is based on the Carrier
Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) access procedure to …

An energy efficient MAC protocol for IEEE 802.11 WLANs

SL Wu, PC Tseng - Proceedings. Second Annual Conference …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A good design of MAC protocols should realize both minimum energy consumption as well
as maximum data throughput. IEEE 802.11 power management scheme for an ad hoc …

Energy-efficient design of adhoc and sensor networks

S Gobriel - 2008 - search.proquest.com
Adhoc and sensor networks (ASNs) are emerging wireless networks that are expected to
have significant impact on the efficiency of many military and civil applications. However …

An energy-efficient MAC layer scheme for 802.11-based WLANs

V Baiamonte, CF Chiasserini - IEEE International Conference …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on energy saving in 802.11-based WLANs. Typically, 802.11 wireless
interfaces consume a significant amount of energy. Previous work has shown that the power …