Summary: Spring 2006 CS 649 1
CS649
Sensor Networks
Lectures 13-14: Medium Access Control
Andreas Terzis
http://hinrg.cs.jhu.edu/wsn06/
Outline
Spring 2006 CS 649 2
· Background in MAC protocols
· Role and features of MAC protocols
· Scheduled access vs. Randomized access
· Additional WSN requirements
· Two Examples
· S-MAC
· BMAC
Characteristics of Sensor Network
Spring 2006 CS 649 3
· A special wireless ad hoc network
· Large number of nodes
· Battery powered

Source: Amir, Yair - Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences