Abstract
Traditional wireless sensor network (WSN) consist of large number of small and inexpensive battery-powered wireless sensor nodes. It is used in an unattended manner to monitor various environmental, structural and healthcare activities. Traditional WSN has limited lifetime because it is battery powered, so to enhance (1) Energy Efficiency as well as (2) Quality of service Ambient Energy in the form of solar, thermal, RF Energy, etc. are used to power wireless sensor nodes as well as to recharge the battery. But Due to uncertainty in harvested energy there arises a need for redesigning of MAC protocols and routing protocols for the Energy Harvested wireless sensor network (EH-WSN). In this paper survey of various MAC protocols for Energy harvested wireless sensor network is presented and it is based on different parameters such as Energy Efficiency, end-to-end delay, Quality of service, scalability, etc. Survey is presented in the order of proposed year so one can easily find various gaps in the subsequent studies and get the idea of future research.
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