TDMA based MAC protocol to assist in wide area sensor network deployment

Abstract

I would like to thank my supervisor Prof. Dileeka Dias for her valuable advice, support and encouragement throughout my period of study. I would also like to thank the Dialog UoM Mobile Communication Lab for funding my work. Special thanks go out to the staff of the Dialog-UoM Mobile Communication lab for their constant support and friendship right throughout my period of study. I would like to thank head of the Electronics & Telecommunication Mr. Kithsiri Samarasingha as well as the members of the academic staff for their support and on constructive criticism that kept me on the right track. I would like to thank my parents for their enthusiasm in all my achievements and for pointing my head in the right direction from day one. And last but not least I would like to thank my wife for her patience during difficult times and for the love and support she gives me in all my endeavours.