Performance evaluation of X-MAC/BEB protocol for wireless sensor networks

Ayaz Ullah, Jong Suk Ahn

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Abstract

This paper proposes an X-MAC/BEB protocol that runs a binary exponential backoff (BEB) algorithm on top of an X-MAC protocol to save more energy by reducing collision, especially in densely populated wireless sensor networks (WSNs). X-MAC, a lightweight asynchronous duty cycle medium access control (MAC) protocol, was introduced for spending less energy than its predecessor, B-MAC. One of X-MAC 's conspicuous technique is a mechanism to allow senders to promptly send their data when their receivers wake up. X-MAC, however, has no mechanism to deal with sudden traffic fluctuations that often occur whenever closely located nodes simultaneously diffuse their sense data. To precisely evaluate the impact of the BEB algorithm on X-MAC, this paper builds an analytical model of X-MAC/BEB that integrates the BEB model with the X-MAC model. The analytical and simulation results confirmed that X-MAC/BEB outperformed X-MAC in terms of throughput, delay, and energy consumption, especially in congested WSNs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7742732
Pages (from-to)857-869
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Communications and Networks
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2016

Keywords

  • Binary exponential backoff (BEB) algorithm
  • duty cycle medium access control (MAC) protocol
  • wireless sensor networks
  • X-MAC protocol

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