MAC Layer


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Overview

Design Constraints/Challenges

hid term

Taxonomy of Solutions

taxonomy

Common Solutions: RTS/CTS and Busy Tone

Contention-based solutions encounter the hidden/exposed terminal problems discussed above.   Two commonly-discussed solutions are the following:
rts1
rts2

Common Solutions: Duty Cycling

Example: S-MAC (Ye, Heidemann, Estrin)

Example: LEACH (Heinzelman, Chandrakasan, Balakrishnan)


Sami Rollins

Date: 2008-04-18