Optimal Performance Trade-offs in MAC for Wireless Sensor Networks Powered by Heterogeneous Ambient Energy Harvesting

• Main Authors: Yunye, Jin, TAN, Hwee-Pink
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Wireless sensor networks; ambient energy harvesting; channel utilization earliest deadline first; fairness; medium access control; OS and Networks
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2938; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3938/viewcontent/ifip2014.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In wireless sensor networks powered by ambient energy harvesting (WSNs-HEAP), sensor nodes' energy harvesting rates are spatially heterogeneous and temporally variant, which impose difficulties for medium access control (MAC). In this paper, we first derive the necessary conditions under which...