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Resource efficiency is one of the most important factors that should be considered when developing a MAC protocol for CPS like WBAN. This chapter presents the critical literature review of different approaches used to design MAC protocols to minimize energy consumption. Control packet overhead of communication, idle listening of nodes to receive expected data packets, overhearing, and collision of data packets are the major sources of energy dissipation in WBANs. A versatile MAC protocol should have the capabilities to minimize energy dissipation in aforementioned situations. An introduction of typical MAC protocols (which are not based on IEEE 802.15.4) for WBAN is presented in this chapter with focus on their strengths and weaknesses.
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Xia, F., Rahim, A. (2015). MAC Protocols. In: MAC Protocols for Cyber-Physical Systems. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46361-1_2
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