Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network – a Survey

Abstract-- One of the most active research areas for computer science and telecommunication researcher is the wireless sensor networks. Usually after the deployment of sensor nodes in the hazardous, hostile or remote areas, these nodes work on their own. These sensors nodes will have to perform their function with scare and none replenish able power resources. One of the main design objectives for these networks is Energy efficiency. This paper presented the obstacle and challenges in the design and development of power aware medium access control protocol for wireless sensor networks. In this paper we depict numerous medium access control protocols for the sensor networks, and highlight their potency and limitations wherever possible. In the end some future research directions are describe for the design of medium access control protocol for wireless sensor networks