Author(s)

Dariusz KOŚCIELNIK

AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Electronics, Kraków, Poland.

This article presents an analysis of wireless personal area networks with low transmission rate, utilized more and more often in industrial or alarm systems, as well as in sensor networks. The structure of these systems and available ways of transmission are defined by the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The main characteristics of this standard are given in the first part of this article. The second part contains the description of simulation tests that have been realized. Their results make available an evaluation of the effective transmission rate of a transmission channel, the resistance to the phenomenon of hidden station as well as sensibility to the problem of the exposed station.

Wireless Network, Sensor Network, Lr-Wpan, Csma/Ca, Slotted-Csma/Ca, Transmission Protocol, Hidden Station, Exposed Station

D. KOŚCIELNIK, "Simulation Study of the Influence of the Hidden and Exposed Stations for the Efficiency of IEEE 802.15.4 LR-WPAN Networks," Wireless Sensor Network, Vol. 2 No. 1, 2010, pp. 7-17. doi: 10.4236/wsn.2010.21002.