MAC PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSN): A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Authors

  • J. Arshad Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Q. Akram Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • F. Adeeba Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • A. Dilawari Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Y. Saleem Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

Data communication between nodes is carried out under Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol which is defined at data link layer. The MAC protocols are responsible to communicate and coordinate between nodes according to the defined standards in WSN (Wireless Sensor Networks). The design of a MAC protocol should also address the issues of energy efficiency and transmission efficiency. There are number of MAC protocols that exist in the literature proposed for WSN. In this paper, nine MAC protocols which includes S-MAC, T-MAC, Wise-MAC, Mu-MAC, Z-MAC, A-MAC, D-MAC, B-MAC and B-MAC+ for WSN have been explored, studied and analyzed. These nine protocols are classified in contention based and hybrid (combination of contention and schedule based) MAC protocols. The goal of this comparative study is to provide a basis for MAC protocols and to highlight different mechanisms used with respect to parameters for the evaluation of energy and transmission efficiency in WSN. This study also aims to give reader a better understanding of the concepts, processes and flow of information used in these MAC protocols for WSN. A comparison with respect to energy reservation scheme, idle listening avoidance, latency, fairness, data synchronization, and throughput maximization has been presented. It was analyzed that contention based MAC protocols are less energy efficient as compared to hybrid MAC protocols. From the analysis of contention based MAC protocols in term of energy consumption, it was being observed that protocols based on preamble sampling consume lesser energy than protocols based on static or dynamic sleep schedule.).

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31-03-2014

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J. Arshad, Q. Akram, F. Adeeba, A. Dilawari, and Y. Saleem, “MAC PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSN): A COMPARATIVE STUDY”, The Nucleus, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 163–169, Mar. 2014.

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