A Realistic MAC and Energy Model for 802.15.4
Vishwesh Rege, Tommaso Pecorella · 2016
The IEEE 802.15.4 standard defines the physical and media access control layers for LR-WPANs (Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks), and is one of the enabling technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) as well as the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The ns-3 network simulator offers support for simulating LR-WPANs as specified by the IEEE standard 802.15.4 (2006). However, only the ad-hoc mode is currently supported and many important features of the MAC such as radio duty cycle management are missing from the implementation.