ASYNCHRONOUS MAC PROTOCOL BASED SENSOR NODE AND DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD THROUGH THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed is an asynchronous MAC based sensor node using a Wake-Up RF. The sensor node includes a main transceiver to transmit/receive data, a Wake-Up transceiver to transit a state of the sensor node; and a micro-control unit, which transmits a Wake-Up frame to at least one receiving node through the Wake-Up transceiver such that the receiving node is activated from an inactive state into an active state and transmits data to the activated receiving node through the main transceiver. The asynchronous MAC based sensor node reduces unnecessary power consumption, hop-by-hop delay, and overhead required for timing synchronization, thereby implementing an effective sensor