An Energy-Efficient Sleep Mode in IEEE 802.15.4 by Considering Sensor Device Mobility

Jinho KIM  Jun LEE  Choong Seon HONG  Sungwon LEE  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E95-B    No.6    pp.2117-2120
Publication Date: 2012/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E95.B.2117
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Network
Keyword: 
IEEE 802.15.4,  sleep mode,  sensor device mobility,  

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Summary: 
The current version of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC protocol does not support energy-efficient mobility for the low-power device. In this paper, we propose an energy-efficient sleep mode as part of the IEEE 802.15.4 that can conserve energy by considering mobility of mobile sensor devices. The proposed energy-efficient sleep mode dynamically extends the sleep interval if there is no data to transmit from the device or receive from corresponding nodes.