Improving the IEEE 802.15.4 Slotted CSMA/CA MAC for time-critical events in wireless sensor networks

In beacon-enabled mode, IEEE 802.15.4 is ruled by the slotted CSMA/CA Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol. The standard slotted CSMA/CA mechanism does not provide any means of differentiated services to improve the quality of service for timecritical events (such as alarms, time slot reservation, P...

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Main Author: Koubâa, Anis (author)
Other Authors: Alves, Mário (author), Nefzi, Bilel (author), Song, Ye-Qiong (author)
Format: report
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4017
Country:Portugal
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