Competition at the wireless sensor network MAC layer: Low power probing interfering with X-MAC

Sven Zacharias, Thomas Newe

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Abstract

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) combine sensors with computer networks and enable very dense, in-situ and live measurements of data over a large area. Since this emerging technology has the potential to be embedded almost everywhere for numberless applications, interference between different networks can become a serious issue. For most WSNs, it is assumed today that the network medium access is non-competitive. On the basis of X-MAC interfered by Low Power Probing, this paper shows the danger and the effects of different sensor networks communicating on a single wireless channel of the 2.4 GHz band, which is used by the IEEE 802.15.4 standard.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012038
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume307
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event16th Conference in the Biennial Sensors and Their Applications - Cork, Ireland
Duration: 12 Sep 201114 Sep 2011

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