Research Article

Energy Analysis of Contention Tree-Based Access Protocols in Dense Machine-to-Machine Area Networks

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(a) Average energy consumed per device in a data collection round using DQ and CTA over the number of contention slots and (b) average energy consumed (left axis) and energy saving (right axis) per device in a data collection round using contention slots in DQ, in CTA, and in FSA.
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