POWER SAVING MECHANISMS IN MAC PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
Harsh Vardhan Sharma, Pamela Grover, Sharanjit Kaur · Journal of Natural Remedies · 2020
The wireless Sensor Networks are the resource and energy-constrained networks widely deployed in various difficult distributed applications require to operate for longer span, sometimes years with no human intervention, hence earning clout in researcher’s community, industry and users. In this paper we will discuss the protocols classification, power usage break-up at sensor node, the power consumption by the most prevalent MAC protocols for WSNs, and finally overtures to abridge the power consumption in WSNs. We provide a comprehensive survey and evaluating study in which we thoroughly discussed the energy-saving mechanisms proposed and applied in the WSN MAC protocols. The paper also ascertains the canonical methods for improving energy-efficiency of the WSN MAC protocols and paves the future endeavors.