Research on Real-time of MAC Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks
Hongxu Ma · Jisuanji gongcheng · 2009
MAC protocol is at the core of effective communication in wireless sensor network because it decides the usage of wireless channel.After introducing the characteristics of wireless sensor networks, this paper describes the sensor network properties that are crucial for the design of MAC protocol.The key mechanism and real-time of the existing representative MAC protocol are analyzed, and their performances are compared.The future research strategies and trends of real-time MAC protocols are summarized.