Abstract
In recent years, IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs) have been widely deployed, and more and more mobile devices have built-in WLAN interfaces. However, WLAN employs the carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) medium access control (MAC) protocol, which consumes a significant portion of the energy resources of a mobile device. Hence, minimizing the energy consumption of the WLAN interface in mobile devices has recently attracted considerable interest in both academia and industry. This article provides a survey and an experimental study of the energy consumption issues and energy-efficient technologies of the MAC protocol in IEEE 802.11 WLAN.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 54-67 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Computer Communications |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- Energy efficiency
- IEEE 802.11
- Power management
- Wireless local area network (WLAN)
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Tsao, S-L., & Huang, C. H. (2011). A survey of energy efficient MAC protocols for IEEE 802.11 WLAN. Computer Communications, 34(1), 54-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2010.09.008