Virtual sensing directional hub MAC (VSDH-MAC) protocol with power control

Arnold Chau; John Frederick Dawson; Paul Daniel Mitchell; T H Loh

doi:10.3390/electronics9081219

Virtual sensing directional hub MAC (VSDH-MAC) protocol with power control

Arnold Chau, John Frederick Dawson, Paul Daniel Mitchell, T H Loh

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Abstract

Medium access control (MAC) protocols play a vital role in making effective use of a multiple access channel as it governs the achievable performance such as channel utilization and corresponding quality of service of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this paper, a virtual carrier sensing directional hub (VSDH) MAC protocol incorporating realistic directional antenna patterns is proposed for directional single hub centralized WSNs. While in most instances, MAC protocols
assume idealized directional antenna patterns, the proposed VSDH-MAC protocol incorporates realistic directional antenna patterns to deliver enhanced link performance. We demonstrate that the use of directional antennas with a suitable MAC protocol can provide enhanced communication range and increased throughput with reduced energy consumption at each node, compared to the case when only omnidirectional antennas are used. For the scenarios considered in this study, results show that the average transmit power of the sensor nodes can be reduced by a factor of two, and at the same time offer significantly extended lifetime.

Original language	English
Article number	1219
Number of pages	16
Journal	Electronics
Volume	9
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9081219
Publication status	Published - 29 Jul 2020

Keywords

MAC PROTOCOL
wireless sensor network
Directional antennas

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Medium Access and Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks in Harsh Environments
Dawson, J. F. (Principal investigator), Mitchell, P. D. (Principal investigator) & Chau, A. (Student)
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Virtual sensing directional hub MAC (VSDH-MAC) protocol with power control

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