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Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

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348 <strong>Wireless</strong> <strong>Ad</strong> <strong>Hoc</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Sensor</strong> <strong>Networks</strong>wake up of the sensor node, the MAC layer contains a wake-up timer.When the timer expires <strong>and</strong> there are no data to be sent, a small dummypacket is created <strong>and</strong> sent using a short DATA-ACK exchange. When thesensor collects the data for delivery, it immediately wakes up the sensornode <strong>and</strong> starts RTS-CTS-DATA-ACK exchange with the CH. During suchcommunications, the sensor node will accept DATA frame sent instead ofACK frame from the CH, <strong>and</strong> sends additional ACK frames to acknowledgethe reception of data packets. Afterward, the sensor node switchesinto sleep mode <strong>and</strong> sets the wake-up timer.7.6.4 SimulationThe NS-2 simulator was used for evaluating the proposed DPC scheme.Two sensor topologies are used to evaluate the proposed scheme. The topologieswere chosen to reflect typical configurations of a sensor network. The12-cluster sensor network consists of clusters placed within a designatedarea. Each cluster consists of a CH <strong>and</strong> eight sensor nodes r<strong>and</strong>omly locatedaround the CH (distance to the CH is less than 100 m). In the 12-clustertopology, the clusters were spread in an area of 550 x 1000 m, forming amultihop clustered network. The BS is located as shown in the Figure 7.22.The performance of two MAC protocols — DPC without <strong>and</strong> with sleepmode are evaluated under similar channel conditions, identical nodeplacements, node movement, <strong>and</strong> data flows (type, rate, start time, source,destination, etc.), <strong>and</strong> signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or SIR thresholds, witha deterministic propagation model. The effects of path loss, shadowing,<strong>and</strong> Rayleigh fading were introduced in the propagation model. The pathloss is calculated, based on propagation/shadowing object from NS-2 simulator.The shadowing <strong>and</strong> Rayleigh fading effects have been calculated inadvance <strong>and</strong> stored in a sample file. To create channel variations, pathloss exponent of 2.0, shadowing deviation of 5.0 (dB), <strong>and</strong> reference distanceof 1 m, <strong>and</strong> typical Rayleigh r<strong>and</strong>om variable were used. This ensuredBS550 m1000 mFIGURE 7.22Twelve-cluster topology.

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