Stimulated RR MAC protocol for power efficient wireless sensor networks

Abstract

A wireless sensor network is a collection of sensor nodes scattered across a habitat of interest to collect crucial information from the habitat. The application of these networks is enormous, ranging from video surveillance, medical device monitoring, air traffic control, robot control, target monitoring, border protection, and disaster assessments, etc. Since the nodes in wireless sensor networks remain in the habitat for long duration, it is necessary they utilise the battery mounted onboard very efficiently. Research has grown along this area where in many protocols are being proposed in order to enable the nodes use the energy efficiently. This paper proposes one such protocol stimulated RR MAC protocol and discusses its benefits and performance over other existing protocols.