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@article{170733,
        author = {BAMULI SWAPNA and A.RAJU},
        title = {A Multi-Layer Strategy for Reducing Interference and Latency in Medium Access of Wireless Sensor Networks},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {7},
        pages = {1463-1471},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=170733},
        abstract = {In low-power wireless sensor networks, MAC protocols typically use periodic sleep/wake schedules to minimize idle listening time. While this approach is simple and efficient, it leads to higher end-to-end latency and reduced throughput. In contrast, earlier CSMA/CA-based MAC protocols aimed to reduce inter-node interference but at the expense of increased latency and lower network capacity. In this paper, we introduce IAMAC, a CSMA/CA sleep/wake MAC protocol that reduces inter-node interference and minimizes per-hop delay through cross-layer interactions with the network layer. We also demonstrate that IAMAC can be integrated into the SP architecture for effective inter-layer interactions. Through extensive simulations, we evaluate IAMAC's performance across various metrics. The results confirm that IAMAC reduces energy consumption per node and extends network lifetime compared to S-MAC and Adaptive S-MAC, while also offering lower latency than S-MAC. Our evaluations consider IAMAC with two error recovery methods—ARQ and Seda—and show that using Seda as the error recovery mechanism improves throughput and lifetime over ARQ.},
        keywords = {Wireless Sensor Networks, Medium Access Control (MAC), IAMAC, Tree-Structured Routing, Cross-Layer Enhancement, Interference Management.},
        month = {December},
        }