• Abstract (4)
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks (13)
  • 1.1 Wireless Sensor Networks (13)
  • 1.2 Sensor Node Architecture (14)
    • 1.2.1 Sensing Unit (14)
    • 1.2.2 Processing Unit (15)
    • 1.2.3 Transceiver (15)
    • 1.2.4 Power Source (15)
  • 1.3 Wireless Sensor Networks vs. Traditional Wireless Networks (15)
  • 1.4 Wireless Sensor Networks Applications (16)
    • 1.4.1 Environmental Monitoring and Prediction (17)
    • 1.4.2 Medical Monitoring and Diagnostics (17)
    • 1.4.3 Military and Security Surveillance (18)
    • 1.4.4 Development of Smart Environments (18)
  • 1.5 Wireless Sensor Networks Challenges (18)
  • 1.6 Communication Protocols (19)
    • 1.6.1 Layered Design (19)
      • 1.6.1.1 Physical Layer (20)
      • 1.6.1.2 Link Layer (20)
      • 1.6.1.3 Network Layer (20)
      • 1.6.1.4 Transport Layer (20)
      • 1.6.1.5 Application Layer (21)
    • 1.6.2 Cross Layer Design (22)
      • 1.6.2.1 Information sharing (22)
      • 1.6.2.2 Design Coupling (23)
  • 1.7 Real Time Communication (23)
  • 1.8 Problem Statement (25)
  • 1.9 Summary (26)
• Chapter 2 Literature Review (27)
  • 2.1 Introduction (27)
  • 2.2 Layered protocol Stack (27)
    • 2.2.1 Medium Access Control (27)
    • 2.2.2 Routing (32)
  • 2.3 Cross-layer protocol stack (35)
  • 2.4 Summary (44)
• Chapter 3 Proposed Protocol (45)
  • 3.1 Introduction (45)
  • 3.2 Overview of RMAC (45)
  • 3.3 RMAC Problems (47)
  • 3.4 Proposed MAC Protocol (49)
    • 3.4.1 Overview of MPIA-RMAC (49)
    • 3.4.2 SYNC Period (50)
    • 3.4.3 Data Period (51)
    • 3.4.4 Sleep Period (52)
    • 3.4.5 Setting Network Allocation Vector (NAV) (55)
  • 3.5 Summary (56)
• Chapter 4 Performance Evaluation (57)
  • 4.1 Introduction (57)
  • 4.2 Simulation Setup (57)
  • 4.3 Overview of Scenarios (58)
  • 4.4 Data Delivery Latency (59)
  • 4.5 Energy Consumption (62)
  • 4.6 Hit Ratio (63)
  • 4.7 Summary (64)
• Chapter 5 Conclusion and Future Work (65)
• List of Abbreviations (71)
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