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A load-aware energy-efficient and throughput-maximized asynchronous duty cycle MAC for wireless sensor networks

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Being a pivotal resource, conservation of energy has been considered as the most striking issue in the wireless sensor network research. Several works have been performed in the last years to devise duty cycle based MAC protocols which optimize energy conservation emphasizing low traffic load scenario. In contrast, considering the high traffic situation, another research trend has been continuing to optimize both energy efficiency and channel utilization employing rate and congestion control at the MAC layer. In this paper, we propose A Load-aware Energy-efficient and Throughput-maximized Asynchronous Duty Cycle MAC (LET-MAC) protocol for wireless sensor networks to provide an integrated solution at the MAC layer considering both the low-and high-traffic scenario. Through extensive simulation using ns-2, we have evaluated the performance of LET-MAC. LET-MAC achieves significant energy conservation during low traffic load (i.e., no event), compared to the prior asynchronous protocol, RI-MAC, as well as attains optimal throughput through maximizing the channel utilization and maintains lower delay in regard to the CSMA/CA-like protocol during a high volume of traffic (i.e., when an event occurs).

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  1. The value could be taken from the maximum allowable data generation rate or minimum allowable data generation interval decided by the application.

  2. No of sources= \(\rho\pi R_s^2\) where, \(\rho=\frac{100}{100\times100}, \pi=3.14, R_s=sensing\ range\)

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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by MEST (No. 2009-0083838).

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    Muhammad Mostafa Monowar, Muhammad Mahbub Alam, Md. Obaidur Rahman, Choong Seon Hong & Sungwon Lee

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Monowar, M.M., Alam, M.M., Rahman, M.O. et al. A load-aware energy-efficient and throughput-maximized asynchronous duty cycle MAC for wireless sensor networks. Ann. Telecommun. 65, 777–794 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-010-0173-3

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