Wireless Sensor Networks
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@MISC{Bachir_wirelesssensor,
author = {Abdelmalik Bachir and Mischa Dohler and Thomas Watteyne and Kin K. Leung and Abdelmalik Bachir and Ieee Member and Mischa Dohler and Ieee Senior Member and Thomas Watteyne and Ieee Member and Kin K. Leung and Ieee Fellow},
title = {Wireless Sensor Networks},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
The wireless medium being inherently broadcast in nature and hence prone to interferences requires highly optimized medium access control (MAC) protocols. This holds particularly true for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consisting of a large amount of miniaturized battery-powered wireless networked sensors required to operate for years with no human intervention. There has hence been a growing interest on understanding and optimizing WSN MAC protocols in recent years, where the limited and constrained resources have driven research towards primarily reducing energy consumption of MAC functionalities. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art study in which we thoroughly expose the prime focus of WSN MAC protocols, design guidelines that inspired these protocols, as well as drawbacks and shortcomings of the existing solutions and how existing and emerging technology will influence future solutions. In contrast to previous surveys that focused on classifying MAC protocols according to the technique being used, we provide a thematic taxonomy in which protocols are classified according to the problems dealt with. We also show that a key element in selecting a suitable
