A New Type Of Medium Access Control For Event Driven Energy Harvesting Devices
N.H. Hokke (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
R.R. Venkatesha Prasad – Mentor (TU Delft - Embedded Systems)
A.J. van Genderen – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Computer Engineering)
Q. Wang – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Embedded Systems)
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Abstract
We present a new MAC protocol for networks of devices. We specifically target certain applications. To cater for this setting, we introduce a new concept. This concept is instrumental to improve performance in these network scenarios. We build a proof of concept implementation of the new mac protocol. We specifically present a protocol model and formulate the mathematical framework to study the performance of a network of devices following the new MAC. Comparing the new MAC against main contention-based MAC protocols, we show that it outperforms pure Aloha and 1-CSMA. As traffic increases, the energy savings achieved by the new MAC against CSMA protocols increase, showcasing its capability to scale.