TY - GEN
T1 - TDMA protocol requirements for wireless sensor networks
AU - Cionca, Victor
AU - Newe, Thomas
AU - Dǎdârlat, Vasile
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - TDMA is probably the best choice for an energy efficient multiple access protocol for wireless sensor networks. As such there exist many approaches of increased complexity, using different algorithms and combining information from other layers or multiple access techniques. There are many surveys detailing the protocols and their advantages and disadvantages, but we feel that they don't give a general image of TDMA techniques, which would be useful in choosing the protocol for a network deployment, or even for someone trying to develop a new MAC protocol. We analyze the different algorithms used in TDMA protocols and we present a list of characteristics that a robust TDMA protocol requires. We also give a brief survey of several protocols.
AB - TDMA is probably the best choice for an energy efficient multiple access protocol for wireless sensor networks. As such there exist many approaches of increased complexity, using different algorithms and combining information from other layers or multiple access techniques. There are many surveys detailing the protocols and their advantages and disadvantages, but we feel that they don't give a general image of TDMA techniques, which would be useful in choosing the protocol for a network deployment, or even for someone trying to develop a new MAC protocol. We analyze the different algorithms used in TDMA protocols and we present a list of characteristics that a robust TDMA protocol requires. We also give a brief survey of several protocols.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=55849092891&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2008.69
DO - 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2008.69
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:55849092891
SN - 9780769533308
T3 - Proceedings - 2nd Int. Conf. Sensor Technol. Appl., SENSORCOMM 2008, Includes: MESH 2008 Conf. Mesh Networks; ENOPT 2008 Energy Optim. Wireless Sensors Networks, UNWAT 2008 Under Water Sensors Systems
SP - 30
EP - 35
BT - Proceedings - 2nd Int. Conf. Sensor Technol. Appl., SENSORCOMM 2008, Includes
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2008
Y2 - 25 August 2008 through 31 August 2008
ER -