Performance analysis and a proposed improvement for the IEEE 802.15.4 contention access period

Zhifeng Tao, Shivendra Panwar, Daqing Gu, Jinyun Zhang

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Abstract

IEEE 802.15.4-2003 [1] was introduced to address the market need for connecting low-rate devices in a wireless personal area network (WPAN). A slotted CSMA/CA medium access control (MAC) protocol is defined in the standard to coordinate the channel access of a large number of wireless devices. In this paper, we propose a novel Markov chain for IEEE 802.15.4 MAC, which faithfully captures all the essential features of the protocol, and thus can provide valuable insight into the strengths and weaknesses of this multiple access scheme. The evaluation reveals that the double carrier sensing mechanism specified in 802.15.4 MAC is not an optimal design, and a slight modification in the protocol can result in further performance improvement in terms of throughput, delay and energy efficiency.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2006 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2006
Pages1811-1818
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2006 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: Apr 3 2006Apr 6 2006

Publication series

NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
Volume4
ISSN (Print)1525-3511

Other

Other2006 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period4/3/064/6/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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