Mobility Conscious Medium Access Control Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Conceptual Approach - Wireless Sensor Network

WSN > Vol.6 No.7, July 2014

Wireless Sensor Network

Volume 6, Issue 7 (July 2014)

ISSN Print: 1945-3078 ISSN Online: 1945-3086

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Mobility Conscious Medium Access Control Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Conceptual Approach ()

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DOI: 10.4236/wsn.2014.67014 3,586 Downloads 5,015 Views Citations

Author(s)

Adeniran Ishola Oluwaranti, Tayo Dorcas Obasanya

Affiliation(s)

Department of Computer Engineering, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

Mobility in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) presents distinctive challenges in Medium Access Control (MAC) scheme. Numerous MAC protocols for sensor networks assume that sensor nodes are static and focus primarily on energy efficiency. This work seeks to develop an improved mobility conscious medium access control scheme for wireless sensor networks with a view to enhance energy conservation on mobile sensor nodes. On this note, mobility patterns of different scenarios are modelled using Gauss Markov Mobility Model (GMMM) to determine the position and distance of the sensor nodes and how they are correlated in time.

KEYWORDS

Mobility, Medium Access Control, Wireless Sensor Networks, Gauss Markov Mobility Model

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Oluwaranti, A. and Obasanya, T. (2014) Mobility Conscious Medium Access Control Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Conceptual Approach. Wireless Sensor Network, 6, 129-135. doi: 10.4236/wsn.2014.67014.

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