Abstract-Transmission of the acknowledgement frame after a packet reception is optional in the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. Considering a set of sensor nodes, each of which has a packet to transmit at the beginning of an active period, we provide an analysis that yields the packet loss statistics of the nonacknowledgement mode of the standard. The analysis is based on a non-stationary Markov chain model and its accuracy is verified by ns-2 simulations. Index Terms-IEEE 802.15.4, medium access control (MAC), Markov chain, sensor networks, performance analysis.
Packet loss analysis for the No-ACK mode of IEEE 802.15.4 MAC REF was presented with a non-stationary Markov Chain on the beacon enabled star topology.
Packet loss analysis of the IEEE 802.15.4 MAC without acknowledgements
IEEE Communications Letters
IEEE Communications Letters
Computer Science