A new energy-efficient MAC protocol with noise-based transmitted-reference modulation for wireless sensor network
Sarwar Morshed, Geert Heijenk, Arjan Meijerink, Dawei Ye, Ronan A. R. van der Zee, Marinus Jan Bentum · University of Twente Research Information · 2013
Energy-constrained behavior of sensor nodes is one of the most important criteria for successful deployment of wireless sensor networks. The medium access control (MAC) protocol determines to a large extent the time a sensor node transceiver spends listening or transmitting, and hence the energy consumption of the overall node. Moreover, transmitted-reference (TR) modulation as the underlying physical layer provides new opportunities to be explored in the MAC layer.