TITLE:
Mobility Conscious Medium Access Control Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks: A Conceptual Approach
AUTHORS:
Adeniran Ishola Oluwaranti, Tayo Dorcas Obasanya
KEYWORDS:
Mobility, Medium Access Control, Wireless Sensor Networks, Gauss Markov Mobility Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Wireless Sensor Network,
Vol.6 No.7,
July
21,
2014
ABSTRACT: Mobility in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) presents distinctive challenges in Medium Access Control (MAC) scheme. Numerous MAC protocols for sensor networks assume that sensor nodes are static and focus primarily on energy efficiency. This work seeks to develop an improved mobility conscious medium access control scheme for wireless sensor networks with a view to enhance energy conservation on mobile sensor nodes. On this note, mobility patterns of different scenarios are modelled using Gauss Markov Mobility Model (GMMM) to determine the position and distance of the sensor nodes and how they are correlated in time.