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Design and Performance Analysis of a new MAC Protocol for Providing Real-time Traffic Information using USN  

Park, Man-Kyu (Department of Information and Communications Engineering, ChungNam National University)
So, Sang-Ho (Department of Information and Communications Engineering, ChungNam National University)
Lee, Jae-Yong (Department of Information and Communications Engineering, ChungNam National University)
Lim, Jae-Han (Telematics.USN Research Division, ETRI)
Son, Myung-Hee (Telematics.USN Research Division, ETRI)
Kim, Byung-Chul (Department of Information and Communications Engineering, ChungNam National University)
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Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI / v.44, no.5, 2007 , pp. 38-48 More about this Journal
Abstract
In ubiquitous environment, sensor networks that sense and transmit surrounding data without human intervention will become more important. If sensors are installed for detecting vehicles and measuring their speed in the road and that real-time information is given to drivers, it will be very effective for enhancing safety and controlling traffic in the road. In this paper, we proposed a new reliable and real-time sensor MAC protocol between AP and sensor nodes in order to provide real-time traffic flow information based on ubiquitous sensor networks. The proposed MAC allocates one TDMA slot for each sensor node on the IEEE 802.15.4 based channel structure, introduces relayed communication for distant sensors, and adopts a frame structure that supports retransmission for the case of errors. In addition, the proposed MAC synchronizes with AP by using beacon and adopts a hybrid tracking mode that supports economic power consumption according to various traffic situations, We implemented a simulator for the proposed MAC by using sim++ and evaluated various performances. The simulation results show that the proposed MAC reduces the power consumption and reveals excellent performance in real-time application systems.
Keywords
Real-time; MAC; TDMA; USN; sim++;
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