MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS: LITERATURE SURVEY

Authors : Murat DENER, Ömer Faruk BAY

Pages : 455-464

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Publication Date : 2012-04-17

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Wireless Sensor Networks insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(WSNs); have become an active research area for the researchers. Although sensor nodes have low processor, low memory and limited energy, they have capabilities with random located, self organizing, collective work, local computation. WSNs consist of this nodes. WSNs is feasibility in military, healty, environmental, home automotion and commercial applications. Various Medium Access Control insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MAC); protocols with different objectives were proposed for WSNs. In this paper, we first outline the sensor network properties that are crucial for the design of MAC layer protocols. Then, we describe several MAC protocols proposed for sensor networks emphasizing their strengths and weakness. Also, we presented security problems and solutions on MAC protocol. Finally, we point out open research issues of MAC layer design.  
Keywords : Medium Access Control Protocol, Wireless Sensor Networks