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Self-organizing MAC Protocol Switching for Performance Adaptation in Wireless Sensor Networks

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This paper presents a distributed MAC protocol switching mechanism for maximizing network throughput in the presence of traffic and topology heterogeneity. The key idea behind dynamic MAC switching is for each node to use its local topology and traffic density information to decide the most suitable MAC protocol that can maximize the MAC layer throughout in the neighborhood. A formal MAC switching rule is developed using analytical formulation of the MAC throughput available in the literature. NS2 based simulation experiments demonstrate that with the proposed MAC switching strategy, nodes in a mesh network are able to achieve maximum MAC throughput by adaptively choosing the appropriate MAC protocol in the presence of heterogeneity in terms of data rate and node population.

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Fan Yu & Subir Biswas

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  1. Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), Auburn, 98071-2259, Washington, USA

    Ajith Abraham

  2. Departamento de Comunicaciones, Universidad Politcnica de Valencia, 46071, Valencia, Spain

    Jaime Lloret Mauri

  3. Avaya Labs Research, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA

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  4. University of Massachusetts, 100 Morrissey Blvd., 02125-3393, Boston, MA, USA

    Junichi Suzuki

  5. Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad, 682 039, Kochi, India

    Sabu M. Thampi

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Yu, F., Biswas, S. (2011). Self-organizing MAC Protocol Switching for Performance Adaptation in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Abraham, A., Mauri, J.L., Buford, J.F., Suzuki, J., Thampi, S.M. (eds) Advances in Computing and Communications. ACC 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 192. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22720-2_6

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