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Versatile low power media access for wireless sensor networks
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Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Embedded networked sensor systems table of contents
Baltimore, MD, USA
SESSION: Routing and MAC table of contents
Pages: 95 - 107  
Year of Publication: 2004
ISBN:1-58113-879-2
Authors
Joseph Polastre  University of California, Berkeley
Jason Hill  JLH Labs
David Culler  University of California, Berkeley
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SIGARCH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture
SIGBED: ACM Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
SIGMOBILE: ACM Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing
SIGCOMM: ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication
SIGMETRICS: ACM Special Interest Group on Measurement and Evaluation
SIGOPS: ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems
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ABSTRACT

We propose <i>B-MAC</i>, a carrier sense media access protocol for wireless sensor networks that provides a flexible interface to obtain ultra low power operation, effective collision avoidance, and high channel utilization. To achieve low power operation, <i>B-MAC</i> employs an adaptive preamble sampling scheme to reduce duty cycle and minimize idle listening. <i>B-MAC</i> supports on-the-fly reconfiguration and provides bidirectional interfaces for system services to optimize performance, whether it be for throughput, latency, or power conservation. We build an analytical model of a class of sensor network applications. We use the model to show the effect of changing <i>B-MAC</i>'s parameters and predict the behavior of sensor network applications. By comparing <i>B-MAC</i> to conventional 802.11-inspired protocols, specifically SMAC, we develop an experimental characterization of <i>B-MAC</i> over a wide range of network conditions. We show that <i>B-MAC</i>'s flexibility results in better packet delivery rates, throughput, latency, and energy consumption than S-MAC. By deploying a real world monitoring application with multihop networking, we validate our protocol design and model. Our results illustrate the need for flexible protocols to effectively realize energy efficient sensor network applications.


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