AH-MAC: Adaptive Hierarchical MAC Protocol for Low-Rate Wireless Sensor Network Applications

Table 6

AH-MAC performance (packet rate = 0.2 pkt/min, frame length = 2 Sec).

	Normal mode		Sniff mode
	Energy (J)	Power (W)	Energy (J)	Power (W)
CH	14.71	4090	1.65	458
Node	0.21	58	0.04	11