Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

DCS-MAC: A Distributed Cross-Layer Communication Protocol for Directional Sensor Networks

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2019)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 926))

Abstract

Employing directional antenna in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) constitute Directional Sensor Networks (DSNs) which provides potential benefits such as longer coverage range, reduced interference, diminished power requirement and spatial reusability. In this paper, we propose a Distributed Cross-layer Sectored-antenna Medium Access Control (DCS-MAC) protocol. The proposed DCS-MAC employ distributed Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) for MAC and Distributed Slow-Scan Routing (DSSR) protocol for routing purpose. The DCS-MAC eliminates the need for an exclusive neighbor discovery protocol as DSSR protocol itself serves this purpose. The performance of DCS-MAC is simulated using the Cooja simulator with directional antenna support. The simulation results reveal that DCS-MAC display reduced slot allocation delay, lower communication overhead and higher packet delivery ratio.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Santivanez, C., Redi, J.: On the use of directional antennas for sensor networks. In: IEEE Military Communications Conference, pp. 670–675 (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Wei, L., Zhou, B., Ma, X., Chen, D., Zhang, J., Peng, J., Luo, Q., Sun, L., Li, D., Chen, L.: Lightning: a high-efficient neighbor discovery protocol for low duty cycle WSNs. IEEE Commun. Lett. 20(5), 966–969 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Burghal, D., Tehrani, A.S., Molisch, A.F.: On expected neighbor discovery time with prior information: modeling, bounds and optimization. IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun. 17(1), 339–351 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Cai, H., Wolf, T.: On 2-way neighbor discovery in wireless networks with directional antennas. In: IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), pp. 702–710 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Nur, F.N., Sharmin, S., Habib, M.A., Abdur Razzaque, Md., Shariful Islam, Md., Hassan, A.A.M.M., Alamri, A.: Collaborative neighbor discovery in directional wireless sensor networks: algorithm and analysis. EURASIP J. Wirel. Commun. Netw. 2017(1), 1–15 (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Murawski, R., Felemban, E., Ekici, E., Park, S., Yoo, S., Lee, K., Park, J., Mir, Z.H.: Neighbor discovery in wireless networks with sectored antennas. Ad Hoc Netw. 10(1), 1–18 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Liu, B., Rong, B., Rose, Q.H., Qian, Y.: Neighbor discovery algorithms in directional antenna based synchronous and asynchronous wireless ad hoc networks. IEEE Wirel. Commun. 20(6), 106–112 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Choudhury, R.R., Vaidya, N.H.: Deafness: a MAC problem in ad hoc networks when using directional antennas. In: 12th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP), pp. 283–292 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Sharma, R., Kadambi, G., Vershinin, Y.A., Mukundan, K.N.: A survey of MAC layer protocols to avoid deafness in wireless networks using directional antenna. Mob. Comput. Wirel. Netw. Concepts Methodol. Tools Appl. 1758–1797 (2016)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Felemban, E., Vural, S., Murawski, R., Ekici, E., Lee, K., Moon, Y., Park, S.: SAMAC: a cross-layer communication protocol for sensor networks with sectored antennas. IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 9(8), 1072–1088 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Nur, F.N., Sharmin, S.R., Abdur Razzaque, Md., Shariful Islam, Md., Hassan, M.M.: A low duty cycle MAC protocol for directional wireless sensor networks. Wirel. Pers. Commun. 96(4), 5035–5059 (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Nur, F.N., Sharmin, S., Habib, M.A., Abdur Razzaque, Md., Shariful Islam, Md.: Collaborative neighbor discovery in directional wireless sensor networks. In: Region 10 Conference (TENCON), pp. 1097–1100 (2016)

    Google Scholar 

  13. Nagaraju, S., Rege, V., Gudino, L.J., Ramesha, C.K.: Realistic directional antenna suite for cooja simulator. In: 23rd National Conference on Communications (NCC), pp. 1–6 (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Nagaraju, S., Kadam, B.V., Gudino, L.J., Nagaraja, S.M., Dave, N.: Performance analysis of rectangular, triangular and E-shaped microstrip patch antenna arrays for wireless sensor networks. In: 5th International Conference on Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT), pp. 211–215 (2014)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Sancoale, Goa, India

    Shamanth Nagaraju, V. Sreejith, Nipun Sood, Mehul Kasliwal & Rajas Kejriwal

  2. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani, Pilani, India

    Lucy J. Gudino

Authors
  1. Shamanth Nagaraju
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. V. Sreejith
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Nipun Sood
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Lucy J. Gudino
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Mehul Kasliwal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Rajas Kejriwal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Shamanth Nagaraju .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

    Leonard Barolli

  2. Department of Advanced Sciences, Hosei University, Koganei-Shi, Tokyo, Japan

    Makoto Takizawa

  3. Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Fatos Xhafa

  4. Faculty of Business Administration, Rissho University, Tokyo, Japan

    Tomoya Enokido

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Nagaraju, S., Sreejith, V., Sood, N., Gudino, L.J., Kasliwal, M., Kejriwal, R. (2020). DCS-MAC: A Distributed Cross-Layer Communication Protocol for Directional Sensor Networks. In: Barolli, L., Takizawa, M., Xhafa, F., Enokido, T. (eds) Advanced Information Networking and Applications. AINA 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 926. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15032-7_57

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation