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Mobility handling in MAC for wireless ad hoc networks

Author(s) -

Raja Anjali,

Su Xiao

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

wireless communications and mobile computing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1530-8677

pISSN - 1530-8669

DOI - 10.1002/wcm.613

Subject(s) - computer science , mobility model , wireless sensor network , computer network , wireless ad hoc network , key distribution in wireless sensor networks , mobile wireless sensor network , mobility management , protocol (science) , wireless , wireless network , telecommunications , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are becoming popular in a wide variety of applications. In a WSN, sensor nodes can be static or mobile, depending on applications. Handling mobility in a sensor network can pose interesting challenges in sensor protocol design, and special algorithms are needed to adapt to mobility in the network. In this paper, we survey the current state of art in handling mobility in sensor networks. We first study how mobility affects the design of different layers in the sensor network architecture, and then take a closer look at mobility handling in the MAC layer. We also describe the results of simulations that we conducted to compare and analyze existing mobility‐aware MAC protocols. Finally, we discuss open issues in dealing with mobility in sensor networks. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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