An Enhanced Reservation-Based MAC Protocol for IEEE 802.15.4 Networks

The IEEE 802.15.4 Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol is an enabling standard for wireless sensor networks. In order to support applications requiring dedicated bandwidth or bounded delay, it provides a reservation-based scheme named Guaranteed Time Slot (GTS). However, the GTS scheme presents some...

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Main Authors: Luis A. Rocha, Pedro Macedo, Helder D. Silva, José A. Afonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-03-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/4/3852/