A new technique for reducing MAC address overheads in sensor networks

Authors

Kwan-Wu Chin, University of WollongongFollow
Darryn Lowe, University of WollongongFollow
Ricardo Gandia Sanchez, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

17153

Publication Details

This article was originally published as: Chin, KW, Lowe, D & Sanchez, RG, A new technique for reducing MAC address overheads in sensor networks, IEEE Communications Letters, May 2006, 10(5), 338-340. Copyright 2006 IEEE.

Abstract

In sensor networks, the size of the medium access control (MAC) address is prohibitively expensive when one considers the small payload and the cost of transmitting one bit. We address this problem by proposing a technique that encodes L-bits of the payload with a key derived from MAC addresses. We show how the decoding process removes the need for MAC addresses in packets.