Study on MAC Protocol in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Network
Guoqiang Zheng · Modern Electronics Technique · 2010
As a novel kind of communication network with the ability of sensing,computation and communication,the Wireless Multimedia Sensors Network(WMSN) has profound prospects in many fields for example military and civil application,and has received wide attention of academia and governments both domestic and abroad.MAC protocol is one of the key issues of WMSN.Firstly,the characteristics of WMSN and the technical challenges of MAC protocol are introduced.Then the existing protocols are categorized and several typical protocols and algorithms are discussed in detail.Finally,the direction in future study are listed.