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@article{170736,
        author = {BAMULI SWAPNA and S.SRUJANA},
        title = {"H-MAC: A Hybrid Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks"},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2024},
        volume = {11},
        number = {7},
        pages = {1484-1489},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=170736},
        abstract = {In this paper, we introduce H-MAC, a hybrid medium access control protocol for wireless sensor networks. H-MAC combines the power-saving mechanism (PSM) from IEEE 802.11 with slotted Aloha, dynamically utilizing multiple slots to enhance performance. While existing MAC protocols for sensor networks reduce energy consumption through active/sleep cycle variations, they often fail to maintain energy efficiency under varying traffic conditions and do not address Quality of Service (QoS) issues. H-MAC, on the other hand, ensures both energy efficiency and QoS aspects such as latency, throughput, and channel utilization. Our numerical results demonstrate that H-MAC significantly improves QoS parameters compared to existing MAC protocols for sensor networks, while consuming a comparable amount of energy.},
        keywords = {Sensor networks, Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol, energy optimization.},
        month = {December},
        }