A Survey on Scheduling Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks Sumit Kumar
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Title: A Survey on Scheduling Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks by Sumit Kumar

Section 1: INTRODUCTION
Description 1: Introduction to wireless sensor networks, their characteristics, issues, and the importance of TDMA protocols in conserving energy.

Section 2: TDMA-PROTOCOL-RELATED SENSOR NETWORK PROPERTIES
Description 2: Discussion of key properties and requirements of TDMA protocols in wireless sensor networks, focusing on energy efficiency and query response times.

Section 3: REASONS OF ENERGY WASTE
Description 3: Overview of the various factors contributing to energy waste in wireless sensor networks, such as co-channel interference, packet collisions, idle listening, overhearing, redundant data transmission, and overemitting.

Section 4: NETWORK TOPOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION PATTERN
Description 4: Description of different network topologies (tree-based, cluster-based, hybrid) and communication patterns (broadcast, convergecast, local gossip) in wireless sensor networks.

Section 5: PROPERTIES OF A WELL-DEFINED TDMA PROTOCOL
Description 5: Key attributes required to design an efficient TDMA protocol for wireless sensor networks, including energy conservation, scalability, adaptability, interference minimization, latency, throughput, and bandwidth utilization.

Section 6: PROPOSED TDMA PROTOCOLS
Description 6: Detailed description of various TDMA protocols proposed for wireless sensor networks, their advantages, and disadvantages.

Section 7: Energy-Efficient Wake-Up Scheduling MAC Protocol
Description 7: Explanation of the energy-efficient Wake-Up Scheduling MAC Protocol using the EEWS algorithm, benefits, and limitations.

Section 8: Minimum Delay Scheduling TDMA Protocol
Description 8: Explanation of the Minimum Delay Scheduling TDMA Protocol, its slot reuse concept, advantages, and disadvantages.

Section 9: Distributed Data Aggregation Scheduling
Description 9: Description of a distributed data aggregation scheduling algorithm, its implementation process, benefits, and drawbacks.

Section 10: Traffic-Adaptive MAC Protocol
Description 10: Overview of the Traffic-Adaptive MAC Protocol (TRAMA), its components (NP, SEP, AEA), advantages, and disadvantages.

Section 11: DMAC Protocol
Description 11: Explanation of the DMAC Protocol designed to address data forwarding interruption, its staggered scheduling approach, advantages, and disadvantages.

Section 12: OPEN ISSUE AND CONCLUSION
Description 12: Discussion of the open issues in TDMA protocols, challenges such as time synchronization and topology changes, and conclusion summarizing the importance and future research directions.