Multichannel Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols for IoT can potentially improve network performance. Therefore, a considerable number of such protocols have been proposed in the last decade, ranging from slotted synchronous to contention-based asynchronous multichannel protocols. In this paper two of the most representative multichannel MAC layer protocols are compared: Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) using the Orchestra scheduling algorithm, and Energy-Efficient Multichannel MAC (EM-MAC). The performance of these protocols is assessed under different traffic loads and node densities using the standard IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), i.e. RPL. The results show the cross-layer interaction between the RPL protocol and the multichannel MAC schemes under study. Moreover, it can be generally appreciated that TSCH/Orchestra performs better in terms of Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR) whereas EM-MAC exhibits lower power consumption. These characteristics reveal the suitability of these protocols for different IoT applications.
Garcia Algora, CM, Prieto Lopez, E, Alfonso Reguera, V, Nowe, A & Steenhaut, K 2016, Poster: Comparative study of EM-MAC and TSCH/orchestra for IoT. in 2016 Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technologies (SCVT). 2016 edn, vol. I, IEEE, Mons, Belgium, pp. 1-6, 26th Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technologies in the Benelux (SCVT), Mons, Belgium, 22/11/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/SCVT.2016.7797668
Garcia Algora, C. M., Prieto Lopez, E., Alfonso Reguera, V., Nowe, A., & Steenhaut, K. (2016). Poster: Comparative study of EM-MAC and TSCH/orchestra for IoT. In 2016 Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technologies (SCVT) (2016 ed., Vol. I, pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SCVT.2016.7797668
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title = "Poster: Comparative study of EM-MAC and TSCH/orchestra for IoT",
abstract = "Multichannel Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols for IoT can potentially improve network performance. Therefore, a considerable number of such protocols have been proposed in the last decade, ranging from slotted synchronous to contention-based asynchronous multichannel protocols. In this paper two of the most representative multichannel MAC layer protocols are compared: Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) using the Orchestra scheduling algorithm, and Energy-Efficient Multichannel MAC (EM-MAC). The performance of these protocols is assessed under different traffic loads and node densities using the standard IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), i.e. RPL. The results show the cross-layer interaction between the RPL protocol and the multichannel MAC schemes under study. Moreover, it can be generally appreciated that TSCH/Orchestra performs better in terms of Packet Delivery Ratio (PDR) whereas EM-MAC exhibits lower power consumption. These characteristics reveal the suitability of these protocols for different IoT applications.",
keywords = "Internet of Things, Multichannel Medium Access Control, TSCH, EM-MAC, RPL protocol, IoT",
author = "{Garcia Algora}, {Carlos Manuel} and {Prieto Lopez}, Ernesto and {Alfonso Reguera}, Vitalio and Ann Nowe and Kris Steenhaut",
year = "2016",
month = nov,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1109/SCVT.2016.7797668",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-5090-4362-0",
volume = "I",
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booktitle = "2016 Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technologies (SCVT)",
publisher = "IEEE",
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note = "26th Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Technologies in the Benelux (SCVT), IEEE SCVT 2016 ; Conference date: 22-11-2016 Through 22-11-2016",
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