This paper deals with a novel MAC layer protocol, namely Directive Synchronous Transmission Asynchronous Reception (D-STAR) able to space-time synchronize a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). To this end, D-STAR integrates directional antennas within the communications framework, while taking into account both sleep/active states, according to a cross-layer design. After characterizing the D-STAR protocol in terms of functional characteristics and antenna model, the related performance is presented, in terms of network lifetime gain, latency and collision probability. It has shown a remarkable gain in terms of energy consumption reduction with respect to the basic approach endowed with omnidirectional antennas, without increasing the signaling overhead nor affecting the set up latency.

Energy efficient MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks endowed with directive antennas: a cross-layer solution / G. Manes;R. Fantacci; F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; I.Nelli; A. Manes. - STAMPA. - (2008), pp. 239-242. (Intervento presentato al convegno Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2008 IEEE tenutosi a Orlando, FL nel marzo 2008) [10.1109/RWS.2008.4463473].

Energy efficient MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks endowed with directive antennas: a cross-layer solution

MANES, GIANFRANCO;FANTACCI, ROMANO;CHITI, FRANCESCO;CIABATTI, MICHELE;COLLODI, GIOVANNI;DI PALMA, DAVIDE;MANES, ANTONIO
2008

Abstract

This paper deals with a novel MAC layer protocol, namely Directive Synchronous Transmission Asynchronous Reception (D-STAR) able to space-time synchronize a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). To this end, D-STAR integrates directional antennas within the communications framework, while taking into account both sleep/active states, according to a cross-layer design. After characterizing the D-STAR protocol in terms of functional characteristics and antenna model, the related performance is presented, in terms of network lifetime gain, latency and collision probability. It has shown a remarkable gain in terms of energy consumption reduction with respect to the basic approach endowed with omnidirectional antennas, without increasing the signaling overhead nor affecting the set up latency.
2008
2008 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWS
Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2008 IEEE
Orlando, FL
marzo 2008
G. Manes;R. Fantacci; F. Chiti; M. Ciabatti; G. Collodi; D. Di Palma; I.Nelli; A. Manes
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