Empirical testing of prototype real-time multi-hop MAC for Wireless Sensor Networks

Internet of Things for the Smart Home Environment has been realized through the use of Wireless Sensor Network devices. Bandwidth hungry data such as real-time audio and video are becoming more important for monitoring and security in Smart Homes. TSMAC, a practical implementation of a multi-hop mesh topology real-time IEEE 802.15.4-based MAC protocol for Contiki OS was prototyped and studied using the TI CC2530 platform. Results indicate that TSMAC is able to support higher continuous bandwidth data streams of 16.6 kbps compared to the existing CSMA MAC protocol which manages only 3.2 kbps.