Abstract

In this paper, we introduce DRIH-MAC, a distributed receiver-initiated medium access control protocol for communication among nano nodes in a wireless electromagnetic nanonetwork. DRIH-MAC is developed based on the following principles: 1) communication starts via the receiver with the goal of maximizing the energy utilization; 2) the distributed scheme for accessing the medium is designed based on graph coloring; and 3) communication scheduling works in coordination with the energy harvesting process. DRIH-MAC is based on a probabilistic scheme to create a scalable and light-weight solution, which minimizes collisions and maximizes the utilization of harvested energy and can be used in a wide variety of applications. Through simulation experiments, we demonstrate the efficiency of DRIH-MAC in a sample medical monitoring application. In particular, DRIH-MAC can improve energy utilization by 50% as compared to a random MAC protocol. Furthermore, it can satisfy application requirements such as delay, even with low energy harvesting rates.

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Computer Science

Comments

National Stroke Foundation, Grant CNS-1355505

Keywords and Phrases

Color; Energy harvesting; Image color analysis; Media Access Protocol; Nanobioscience; Receivers

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2332-7804

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Language(s)

English

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© 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Mar 2015

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