This paper describes the implementation architecture and performance analysis of
nanoMAC, a CSMA/CA based Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol, which is specifically
designed for high density Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). We empirically show that
nanoMAC performs with high reliability in a variety of network traffic conditions in single and
multihop scenarios. For energy efficient operation and minimising idle-overhearing,
nanoMAC uses a specialised sleep algorithm. We also show results from a comparative …