Medium access control in ultra-wideband wireless networks

Author

Shen, Xuemin ; Zhuang, Weihua ; Jiang, Hai ; Cai, Jun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Ont., Canada

Volume

54

Issue

5

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1663

Lastpage

1677

Abstract

Ultra-wideband (UWB) transmission is an emerging wireless communication technology with unique potential merits such as high-rate, low-transmission power, immunity to multipath propagation, and capability in precise positioning. It has received significant interests for future wireless communications from both academia and industry. In UWB wireless networks, medium access control (MAC) is essential to coordinate the channel access among competing devices. The unique UWB characteristics not only pose significant challenges but also offer great opportunities in efficient UWB MAC design. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of UWB MAC development on four important aspects: multiple access, overhead reduction, resource allocation, and quality of service (QoS) provisioning, and identifies some future research issues.

Keywords

access protocols; mobile radio; multi-access systems; multipath channels; quality of service; resource allocation; ultra wideband communication; MAC; QoS; medium access control; multipath propagation; multiple access; overhead reduction; quality of service; resource allocation; ultrawideband wireless network; Bandwidth; FCC; Intelligent networks; Media Access Protocol; Peer to peer computing; Quality of service; Resource management; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless communication; Wireless networks; Medium access control (MAC); quality of service (QoS); resource allocation; ultra-wideband (UWB) transmission; wireless personal area network (WPAN);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TVT.2005.853888

Filename

1542582