A multichannel CSMA MAC protocol with receiver-based channel selection for multihop wireless networks

Author

Jain, Nitin ; Das, Samir R. ; Nasipuri, Asis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

439

Abstract

We propose a CSMA-based medium access control protocol for multihop wireless networks that uses multiple channels and a dynamic channel selection method. The proposed protocol uses one control channel and N data channels, where N is independent of the number of nodes in the network. The source uses an exchange of control packets on the control channel to decide on the best channel to send the data packet on. Channel selection is based on maximizing the signal-to-interference plus noise ratio at the receiver. We present performance evaluations obtained from simulations that demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed protocol

Keywords

access protocols; carrier sense multiple access; data communication; digital simulation; land mobile radio; multiuser channels; packet radio networks; radio receivers; radiofrequency interference; ad hoc network; control channel; data channels; dynamic channel selection; medium access control protocol; mobile data terminals; multichannel CSMA MAC protocol; multihop wireless networks; multiple channels; network nodes; performance evaluation; receiver; receiver-based channel selection; signal-to-interference plus noise ratio; simulations; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Computer networks; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Road accidents; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 2001. Proceedings. Tenth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

ISSN

1095-2055

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7128-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.2001.956301

Filename

956301