A MAC Protocol for CR-WSN without a Dedicated Common Control Channel

We present a decentralized medium access control protocol for cognitive radio wireless sensor networks. The proposed protocol allows secondary wireless sensors nodes to recognize spectrum opportunities and transmits data based on the licensed users’ arrival prediction on the channel. It estimates th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gyanendra Prasad Joshi, Srijana Acharya, Sung Won Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/982408