Improvement of Network Utility and Energy Efficiency in DSME based Internet of Things Networks

This paper provides a comparison between IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15.4e standards in the context of Internet of Things (IoT). These emerging standards are the amendments of IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15.4 to support IoT based applications. The 802.11 has a channel access scheme, Distributed coordination function (DCF). On the other hand, IEEE 802.15.4e introduces five MAC behavior mode. Among these five modes, DSME is well suited for IoT. A comparison between these two standards is discussed in this paper by using an analytical model and are validated through ns-3 simulations. Results show that the DSME show significant improvement in the performance of DSME when compared to the legacy IEEE 802.11 DCF.