Comparative performance evaluation of 802.15.4 and 802.11b for usage in ad-hoc wireless networks
Christos Antonopoulos, Petros Chondros, Antonis Athanasopoulos, Stavros Koubias · 2006
The IEEE 802.15.4 is a relatively new standard, targeted specifically at personal wireless networks. However the characteristics it offers, like low power consumption, cost and complexity, are very appealing for a wider range of networks like ad-hoc wireless ones. It is very interesting to examine the performance of 802.14.5 compared to 802.11b under various ad-hoc network conditions. In this paper a thorough simulation based evaluation is presented for these two MAC layer protocols as well as a discussion is taking place whether 802.15.4 could in fact substitute 802.11b in certain cases.