Dear Students,
Pls. find attached informative paper on S-MAC Protocol by Wei Ye, John Heidemann and Deborah Estrin.
Mainly go through the Part 3 a. Network and Application Assumptions b. Periodic Listen & Sleep, C. Collision and Overhearing Avoidance
D. Message Passing and E. Energy Savings vs Increased Latency
Those who are further interested Test-bed experimental setup is nicely demonstrated.
Good Luck,
Trushit.