Altruistic Backoff: Collision Avoidance for Receiver-Initiated MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

In receiver-initiated medium access control (MAC) protocols for wireless sensor networks, communication is initiated by the receiver node which transmits beacons indicating its availability to receive data. In the case of multiple senders having traffic for a given receiver, such beacons form points...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xenofon Fafoutis, Charalampos Orfanidis, Nicola Dragoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-05-01
Series:International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/576401