Title :
A MAC protocol supporting Dynamic Control Channel for cognitive radio ad hoc networks
Author :
Li, Yun ; Qian, Yule ; Wang, Xiaoping ; Daneshmand, Mahmoud
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Mobile Commun. Technol., Chongqing Univ. of Post & Telecommun., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
MAC protocol is the key technology in cognitive radio networks. Exchanging control messages and updating available channels are the important parts of the MAC protocols in cognitive radio networks. In this paper, we propose a novel MAC protocol supporting Dynamic Control Channel (DCC- MAC). DCC-MAC can adaptively choose a optimal channel from multiple available channels, which avoids to using a dedicated control channel that is difficult to maintain in cognitive networks. A model is built to analyze the throughput of DCC-MAC under the saturation condition. The analysis and simulation results show that DCC-MAC improves the spectrum utilization in cognitive networks.
Keywords :
access protocols; ad hoc networks; cognitive radio; radio networks; telecommunication control; MAC protocol; ad hoc networks; cognitive radio networks; dynamic control channel; exchanging control messages; multiple available channels; optimal channel; spectrum utilization; Cognitive radio; MAC; ad hoc network; dynamic control channel;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Communications and Control (ICECC), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zhejiang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0320-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICECC.2011.6067909
