Performance evaluation of the PFSC based MAC protocol for WSN employing UAV in rician fading

Dac Tu Ho*, Jingyu Park, Shigeru Shimamoto

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel and promising MAC protocol applied for the new wireless sensor network based data collection applications that coordinate with an unmanned aerial vehicle (WSN-UAV). In this system, before communicating with the UAV by the CDMA-based transmission technique, the active sensors are divided into a number of sub groups with an appropriate priority each. We named the protocol as a Prioritized Frame Selection based CDMA MAC protocol (PFSC-MAC). The PFSC-MAC protocol incorporates both of the beacon signal receiving power and the variation trend of this factor. The simulation results have demonstrated that PFSC-MAC provides a low Packet-Error-Rate (PER) compared to the other schemes. In addition, the optimal number of priority groups has also been derived in order to obtain the minimal PER at each pair of the number of sensor in the network and the altitude of the UAV.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011
Pages55-60
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Jun 23
Event2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011 - Cancun, Mexico
Duration: 2011 Mar 282011 Mar 31

Publication series

Name2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityCancun
Period11/3/2811/3/31

Keywords

  • Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
  • Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
  • air to round communication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Communication

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