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In the area of wireless sensor networks, achieving minimum energy consumption is a very important research issue. A number of energy efficient protocols have been proposed, mostly based on a layered design approach, which means that they are focused on designing optimal strategies for “single” layer only. In this paper, we take an alternative approach i.e., a cross-layer design, and present a new MAC protocol named MAC-CROSS. In this new approach, the interactions between MAC and Routing layers are fully exploited to achieve energy efficiency for wireless sensor networks. More precisely, in the proposed MAC-CROSS algorithm, routing information at the network layer is utilized for the MAC layer such that it can maximize a sleep duration of each node. Through implementation on a Mica Mote platform and simulation study using the NS-2, we evaluate a performance of the presented MAC-CROSS and prove its substantial performance gains.
This research was supported by the MIC (Ministry of Information and Communication), Korea, under the ITRC (Information Technology Research Center) support program supervised by the IITA (Institute of Information Technology Assessment).
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Suh, C., Ko, YB., Son, DM. (2006). An Energy Efficient Cross-Layer MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Shen, H.T., Li, J., Li, M., Ni, J., Wang, W. (eds) Advanced Web and Network Technologies, and Applications. APWeb 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3842. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11610496_54
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