Abstract
Referring to most media access control (MAC) protocols in low rate personal area networks (LR-WPANs), there is no hidden node collision avoidance mechanism utilized. Quantitative analysis in this paper based on the IEEE 802.15.4 specification shows a high probability of the continuous hidden node collisions (CHNCs), which seriously decreases network throughput. Based on this observation, we propose a cost-efficient recovery mechanism to achieve fast self-healing when LR-WPANs suffer CHNCs, while introducing no overhead when there are no collisions. Simulation results demonstrate the efficiency of our proposed protocol in terms of network throughput and power saving.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1351-1362 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 25 Oct 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) (No. 2009–0093848 ). We also acknowledge partial support made by the Human Resources Development of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Knowledge Economy (No. 20100092 ).
Keywords
- ACK
- LR-WPAN
- continuous hidden node collision (CHNC)