Wireless Sensor Networks

Chapter 7

Adapting Multichannel Assignment and IEEE 802.11 Networks to Operate in Wireless Sensor Networks Environment

Carlene Campbell, Howard Senior, Kok-Keong Loo, and Brian Moore

Contents

7.1    Introduction

7.2    MAC Protocol

7.3    Multichannel Approaches

7.4    Comparison of 802.11 and 802.15.4

7.4.1    Access Delay Comparisons

7.4.2    Packet Delivery Comparisons

7.4.3    Aggregate MAC Throughput Comparisons

7.5    Multichannel Switching to a Single Radio

7.5.1    Performance Analysis of 802.11 DCF and MC-DCF Using One, Two, and Three Channels

7.5.2    Performance Analysis of the Impact of Node Density on 802.11 DCF and MC-DCF with One, Two, and Three Channels

7.5.3    Performance Analysis of a Sink Node with Single Radio

7.5.4    Multiple ...