[Smac-users] S-MAC Question

[John Heidemann]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:49 GMT, Norberto - IT wrote: 
>Can someone tell me, if after exchanging  an RTS or a  CTS in the S-MAC protocol,
>two nodes will start data packet transmission in the sleep period. Other nodes go
>to sleep until the next listen period begins.
>
>Or the transmission begins in the listen period and can be extended to the sleep
>period if needed.

I believe the 2006 ToN paper implies that they can transmit immediately
after they get the CTS.  

However, if you really want to confirm, you should look at the S-MAC
implementation on our website.

(And S-MAC has really been superceeded by SCP-MAC, so I'd encourage you
to look at what SCP-MAC does if you want to consider the state-of-the-art.)

   -John Heidemann