无线自组网节能MAC协议综论

Survey of energy-efficient MAC protocols for Ad hoc networks

首先介绍了在无线自组网中引入节能MAC协议的背景,讨论了进行节能MAC协议设计的相关问题,包括无线网络接口设备的功耗特点、影响能耗效率的表现形式、设计协议时所需遵循的原则以及可采用的节能手段。对当前典型的节能MAC协议和有助于提高能耗效率的MAC层措施进行了举例介绍和分析。最后,对节能MAC协议研究的发展趋势和面临的挑战作了展望和论述。

Firstly, the background of using energy-efficient MAC protocols for wireless Ad hoc networks was introduced, Some related issues were discussed, including power-consumption features of wireless network interface devices, several factors that would influence the energy-efficiency, critical principles that must be kept when designing energy-efficient MAC protocols and usual approaches that can be resort to. Then, several typical energy-efficient MAC protocols and techniques were reviewed. Finally, some future research directions and challenges that must be overcome on this topic were investigated.