ER-MAC: A hybrid MAC protocol for emergency response wireless sensor networks

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dc.contributor.authorSitanayah, Lanny
dc.contributor.authorSreenan, Cormac J.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Kenneth N.
dc.contributor.funderHigher Education Authorityen
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-06T12:40:46Z
dc.date.available2019-11-06T12:40:46Z
dc.date.issued2010-07
dc.date.updated2019-11-06T12:34:33Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper introduces ER-MAC, a hybrid MAC protocol for emergency response wireless sensor networks. ERMAC is designed as a hybrid of the TDMA and CSMA approaches, giving it the flexibility to adapt to traffic and topology changes. It adopts a TDMA approach to schedule collision-free slots. Nodes wake up for their scheduled slots, but otherwise switch into power-saving sleep mode. When an emergency occurs, nodes that participate in the emergency monitoring change their MAC behaviour by allowing contention in TDMA slots to achieve high delivery ratio and low latency. ER-MAC offers a synchronised and loose slot structure to allow nodes to join or leave the network. Simulations in ns-2 show that ERMAC outperforms Z-MAC with higher delivery ratio, lower latency, and lower energy consumption.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHigher Education Authority (NEMBES project, which is supported by the Irish Higher Education Authority PRTLI-IV research program)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationSitanayah, L., Sreenan, C. J. and Brown, K. N. (2010) 'ER-MAC: A Hybrid MAC Protocol for Emergency Response Wireless Sensor Networks', Fourth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SensorComm), Venice, Italy, 18-25 July, pp. 244-249. doi: 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2010.45en
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2010.45en
dc.identifier.endpage249en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4244-7537-7
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4244-7538-4
dc.identifier.startpage244en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8960
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)en
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dc.subjectMAC protocolen
dc.subjectWireless sensor networksen
dc.subjectFire emergencyen
dc.subjectPediatricsen
dc.subjectTime division multiple accessen
dc.subjectBase stationsen
dc.subjectMedia Access Protocolen
dc.subjectSynchronizationen
dc.subjectSchedulesen
dc.subjectCarrier sense multiple accessen
dc.subjectEmergency servicesen
dc.subjectTelecommunication network topologyen
dc.subjectTime division multiple accessen
dc.titleER-MAC: A hybrid MAC protocol for emergency response wireless sensor networksen
dc.typeConference itemen
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