@inbook{0e5d5db7942444bfb4364d646ac59442,
title = "f-MAC: A deterministic media access control protocol without time synchronization",
abstract = "Nodes in a wireless network transmit messages through a shared medium. Thus, a Media Access Control (MAC) protocol is necessary to regulate and coordinate medium access. For some application areas it is necessary to have a deterministic MAC protocol which can give guarantees on message delay and channel throughput. Schedule based MAC protocols, based on time synchronization among nodes, are currently used to implement deterministic MAC protocols. Time synchronization is difficult and costly, especially in energy constrained sensor networks. In this paper the f-MAC protocol is presented which can give guarantees regarding message delay and channel throughput without the requirement of time synchronization among nodes. The various trade-offs of f-MAC are analysed and discussed and application areas that would benefit from f-MAC are presented.",
author = "Utz Roedig and Andre Barroso and Sreenan, \{Cormac J.\}",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/11669463\_21",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540321586",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "276--291",
booktitle = "Wireless Sensor Networks - Third European Workshop, EWSN 2006, Proceedings",
note = "3rd European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks, EWSN 2006 ; Conference date: 13-02-2006 Through 15-02-2006",
}