MAC protocol for cooperative MIMO transmissions in asynchronous wireless sensor networks

Mohd Riduan Ahmad, Eryk Dutkiewicz, Xiaojing Huang

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Abstract

Cooperative MIMO schemes can reduce both transmission energy and latency in distributed wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this paper we develop a new Cooperative low power listening (LPL) Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for two cooperative MIMO schemes: Optimal Beamforming (BF) and Spatial Multiplexing (SM). We develop analytical models for the total energy consumption and packet latency for both schemes and analyse the proposed MAC protocol in term of the total energy consumption and packet latency with imperfect synchronisation due to clock jitter. The impact of the clock jitter, the check interval and the number of cooperative nodes on the total energy consumption and latency are investigated. We observe that the Cooperative LPL MAC with Optimal BF is the most promising configuration and it is optimal when then number of co-operating nodes M=2 and jitter difference is below 0.6Tb.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, ISCIT 2008
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages580-585
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781424423361
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, ISCIT 2008 - Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Duration: 21 Oct 200823 Oct 2008

Other

Other2008 International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, ISCIT 2008
Country/TerritoryLao People's Democratic Republic
CityVientiane
Period21/10/0823/10/08

Keywords

  • Beamforming
  • Cooperative transmissions
  • Imperfect synchronisation
  • Mac protocols
  • Spatial multiplexing

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