Z-MAC: a hybrid MAC for wireless sensor networks

By Injong Rhee, Ajit Warrier, Mahesh Aia, Jeongki Min. ACM International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, 2005

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications

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Citations in the corpus

• Sift: A MAC Protocol for Event-Driven Wireless Sensor Networks (2006, background): “propose Z-MAC [19], a MAC for sensor networks that combines the strengths of TDMA and CSMA.”
• Funneling-MAC: a localized, sink-oriented MAC for boosting fidelity in sensor networks (2006, methodology): “The benchmark results discussed in [23] presents the same pattern reported for B-MAC [3] and ZMAC [10] but with minor difference in scale.”
• The Evolution of MAC Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey (2013, methodology): “Consequently, Z-MAC performs as CSMA under low contention and possesses high channel utilization as TDMA under high contention.”
• Information fusion for wireless sensor networks: Methods, models, and classifications (2007, methodology): “EWMA .lters have been used by MAC protocols to estimate ambient noise [Polastre et al. 2004] and determine if the channel is clear; and for local clock synchroniza­tion [Rhee et al. 2005] used for contention purposes.”
• Energy conservation in wireless sensor networks: A survey (2009, background): “However, in practice, TDMA-based protocols have several drawbacks that compensate the benefits in terms of energy saving [113].”
• An Industrial Perspective on Wireless Sensor Networks — A Survey of Requirements, Protocols, and Challenges (2014, neutral): “One example is Z-MAC [79].”
• MAC Essentials for Wireless Sensor Networks (2010, background): “ZMAC (Zebra MAC) [91] finds a solution to increase the throughput in networks with variable traffic patterns.”
• DRAND: Distributed Randomized TDMA Scheduling for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (2006, background): “…as it is an Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for pro.t or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the .rst page.”
• Ultra-low duty cycle MAC with scheduled channel polling (2006, methodology): “ZMAC [20] proposed a hybrid protocol to combine TDMA with CSMA.”
• Y-MAC: An Energy-Efficient Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Dense Wireless Sensor Networks (2008, methodology): “[11] I. Rhee, A. Warrier, M. Aia and J. Min, Z-MAC: a hybrid MAC for wireless sensor networks , SenSys05, 2005.”