@inproceedings{ade39075305848378ddd9bcec6d35bb0,
title = "Analysis of the cost of handover in a mobile wireless sensor network",
abstract = "This paper investigates the latency of packet transmission during mobility with and without the support of a handover mechanism. The Receiver-Initiated MAC protocol (RI-MAC) is used for the analysis. When the handover mechanism is applied, it enables a node to establish a new connection before the existing link breaks. A mathematical model is set up to examine the performance of RI-MAC when it uses the handover mechanism and when it does not. The analytical result shows that the handover latency is much less than the latency introduced when a node waits until an existing link breaks and then establishes a new link.",
keywords = "MAC protocol, handover, mobility, wireless sensor networks",
author = "Qian Dong and Waltenegus Dargie",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-30630-3_28",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783642306297",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "315--322",
booktitle = "Wired/Wireless Internet Communication - 10th International Conference, WWIC 2012, Proceedings",
note = "10th International Conference on Wired / Wireless Internet Communications, WWIC 2012 ; Conference date: 06-06-2012 Through 08-06-2012",
}