A distributed cross-layer routing protocol with channel assignment in multi-channel MANET

Author

Yali Wang ; Garcia-Luna-Aceves, J.J.

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

16-19 Feb. 2015

Firstpage

1050

Lastpage

1054

Abstract

An innovative cross-layer routing approach, MCORCA (Multi-Channel On-demand Routing with Coordinate Awareness), is presented that utilizes multiple channels to improve the performance of wireless ad-hoc networks. The proposed cross-layer scheme adapts the strategy of channel assignment and the mechanism of dealing with conflicts. Channels are divided into a control channel and data channels; the control channel is used for scheduling, and data channels are used for data transmissions. MCORCA is an extension of an on-demand routing protocol for single channel wireless networks, called ORCA (On-demand Routing with Coordinates Awareness). Simulation results indicate that MCORCA yields a significant capacity improvement as well as lower end-to-end delays by using multiple channels.

Keywords

channel allocation; data communication; mobile ad hoc networks; mobility management (mobile radio); routing protocols; synchronisation; telecommunication control; telecommunication scheduling; MCORCA; channel assignment; control channel; cross-layer scheme; data channels; data transmissions; distributed cross-layer routing protocol; end-to-end delays; mobile ad hoc networks; multichannel MANET; multichannel on-demand routing with coordinate awareness; on-demand routing protocol; wireless ad-hoc networks; Channel allocation; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Receivers; Routing; Routing protocols; Switches; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Garden Grove, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCNC.2015.7069493

Filename

7069493