An Energy-Conserving Access Protocol for Wireless Communication

A myriad of applications such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and smart card networks are emerging in which nodes are designed for extremely low-cost, large scale applications such that the replacement of batteries is not feasible. Energy conservation therefore becomes a major constraint. Classical access protocols are either not energy conserving or lead to unacceptable delays. In this paper, we propose a communication protocol which meets the energy constraints while yielding low access delays.