%0 Journal Article
%T A Comparative Study of Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
%A Meghan GUNN
%A Simon G. M. KOO
%J Int'l J. of Communications, Network and System Sciences
%P 695-703
%@ 1913-3723
%D 2009
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ijcns.2009.28080
%X One of the major constraints in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is power consumption. In recent years, a lot of efforts have been put into the design of medium access control (MAC) protocols for WSN, in order to reduce energy consumption and enhance the network¡¯s lifetime. In this paper, we surveyed some MAC protocols for WSN and compared their design tradeoffs. The goal is to provide a foundation for future MAC design, and to identify important design issues that allow us to improve the overall performances.
%K Wireless Networks
%K Sensor Networks
%K Performance Evaluation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=817