Research Article

Taxonomy and Evaluations of Low-Power Listening Protocols for Machine-to-Machine Networks

Table 3

Summary of taxonomy and evaluations.

ProtocolWake-upInitiationAdaptivityScheduleData aggregation timeEnergy consumption Protocol complexity
PreamblePacketReceiverSourceAdaptiveDeterministicScheduledNonschedulePeriodic reportRequest-orientedConcentratorDeviceNetwork

B-MAC
WISE-MAC
X-MAC
SPECK-MAC(B)
SPECK-MAC(D)
RI-MAC
BOX-MAC(1)
BOX-MAC(2)
MX-MAC
A-MAC

●: A◐: B◑: C○: D.