Revisiting the need for mobile MAC protocols in wireless sensor networks

Authors:
Navid Hassanzadeh;Olaf Landsiedel;Frederik Hermans;Olof Rensfelt;Thiemo Voigt
Affiliations:
Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), Kista, Sweden;Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden;Uppsala University, Sweden;Uppsala University, Sweden;Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), Kista, Sweden
Venue:
ACM SIGBED Review - Special Issue on the 3rd International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET 2012)
Year:
2012

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Abstract

There exists a number of MAC protocols targeted for mobile scenarios. These include MMAC, MS-MAC and AM-MAC. These MAC protocols have in common that they seem to be evaluated only in simulation. This might indicate that these MAC are either too complex to use or they are not needed, at least for data collection, the major task of sensor networks. In this paper we show that extending a traditional data collection protocol with lightweight, carefully selected mechanisms is sufficient to provide reliable data collection at low energy cost for mobile sensor networks where both sinks and sources move.