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Real World Performance Evaluation of FF-MAC Protocol for Real-Time Data Forwarding in WSN

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The aim of this paper is to evaluate the real-time performance of our new FF-MAC ‘Fast-Forward MAC’ protocol through a set of real world experiments. This protocol is proposed as an enhancement of the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for time critical applications. Hence, it is compared with the GTS ‘Guaranteed Time Slot’ mechanism of this standard. The obtained experimental results by using real world wireless sensor network nodes are proposed as a complement to the simulation results, previously measured in the Network Simulator 2 ‘NS-2’, in order to prove these improvements from a practical point of view. We introduced a new mechanism to the proposed protocol in order to meet the memory constraint. The goal is to protect the time critical data from being dropped when the coordinator queue is full. The obtained results confirm the viability of our protocol and its performances even in a realistic testing environment, which make it applicable in real world applications.

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This project is supported by the Franco-Moroccan cooperation program “STIC”, the CNRST Morocco, the French government research program “Investissements d’avenir” through the IMobS3 Laboratory of Excellence (ANR-10-LABX-16-01), by the European Union through the program “Regional competitiveness and employment 2007-2013 (ERDF–Auvergne region)” and by the Auvergne region.

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  1. Department of computer science, Blaise Pascal University, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Khalid El Gholami, Kun Mean Hou, Hong Ling Shi & Xing Liu

  2. Department of Physics, Chouaib Doukkali University, 24000, El Jadida, Morocco

    Khalid El Gholami & Najib Elkamoun

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El Gholami, K., Hou, K.M., Elkamoun, N. et al. Real World Performance Evaluation of FF-MAC Protocol for Real-Time Data Forwarding in WSN. Wireless Pers Commun 82, 2017–2031 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2329-y

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