Advances in low-power and low-cost sensor networks have led to solutions mature enough
for use in a broad range of applications varying from health monitoring to building …

The performance of an IEEE 802.15. 4 compliant network operating in the beacon enabled
mode with both downlink and uplink traffic is analyzed through discrete time Markov chains …

In this paper, a mathematical model for the beacon-enabled mode of the IEEE 802.15. 4
medium-access control (MAC) protocol is provided. A personal area network (PAN) …

In this paper, an analytical model for the non beacon-enabled mode of the IEEE 802.15. 4
medium access control (MAC) protocol is provided. A wireless sensor network (WSN) …

Wireless Personal Area Networks provides an in-depth analysis of the recent IEEE 802.15. 4
standard for low data rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs), including …

In wireless sensor networks, adaptive tuning of Medium Access Control (MAC) parameters is
necessary in order to assure the QoS requirements. In this paper, we propose an adaptive …

In this paper, we propose a simple yet accurate analytical model for the slotted non-
persistent carrier sense multiple access protocol with binary exponential backoff, as …

As demands for data communications among home/personal devices in home environments
increase, various types of home-networking technologies have appeared. Among them …

IEEE 802.15. 4-2003 (2003) was introduced to address the market need for connecting low-
rate devices in a wireless personal area network (WPAN). A slotted CSMA/CA medium …

In this paper, we analyze the superframe structure of the Medium Access Control (MAC)
sublayer of IEEE 802.15. 4 protocol (ZigBee), designed for Low-Rate Wireless Personal …