Comparative analysis of delay and throughput using IEEE 802.11 and receiver centric-MAC protocol in wireless sensor networks

Wireless Sensor Network is a collection of sensor nodes, which are used for sending and receiving data packets from one sensor node to another sensor node. Wireless sensor networks have wide range of applications in various fields like agriculture, military, medical and health care. Data can be transmitting through different sensor nodes to the receiver's node. In this research work considering parameters throughput, end to end delay and packet delivery ratio, these are the main quality of services for wireless sensor networks. In this novel approach comparing the parametric measures like throughput, end to end delay and packet delivery ratio with existing MAC IEEE 802.11 protocol and novel approach RC-MAC protocol. This research work is implemented by using NS 2.35 simulator. Results show that performance of RC-MAC is better than MAC IEEE 802.11, 94.08% of less delay, more packet delivery ratio and throughput improved by 2.4 % compared with MAC IEEE 802.11.