Design and performance analysis of MAC schemes for wireless sensor networks powered by ambient energy harvesting

• Main Authors: EU, Zhi Ang, TAN, Hwee-Pink, SEAH, Winston K. G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Wireless sensor networks; Medium access control; CSMA; Probabilistic polling; Energy harvesting; Computer and Systems Architecture; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2955; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3955/viewcontent/adhoc2010_final.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Energy consumption is a perennial issue in the design of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which typically rely on portable sources like batteries for power. Recent advances in ambient energy harvesting technology have made it a potential and promising alternative source of energy for powering WSNs. B...