Multi-channel MAC Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Author

Wang, Mingfei ; Ci, Linlin ; Zhan, Ping ; Xu, Yongjun

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

3-4 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

562

Lastpage

566

Abstract

Multi-channel MAC protocols in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks allow a number of nodes in the same neighborhood to transmit in parallel on distinct channels without interfering with one another. The parallelism increases the throughput and can potentially reduce the delay. Free collision during the data transmission avoids the energy for packet retransmissions. Firstly, we described five important challenges for multi-channel MAC protocols. Secondly, we classified multi-channel MAC protocols in wireless ad hoc networks into four generalized categories and analyzed them respectively. Then, we showed the new challenges of multi-channel MAC protocols in wireless sensor networks and described several existing multi-channel MAC protocols. Finally, we pointed out the open research issues with regard to multi-channel MAC protocols in wireless networks.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; data communication; wireless sensor networks; data transmission; multichannel MAC protocols; packet retransmissions; wireless ad hoc networks; wireless sensor networks; Access protocols; Computer networks; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Physical layer; Switches; Throughput; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; MAC; Multi-channel; survey; wireless ad hoc networks; wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Communication, Control, and Management, 2008. CCCM '08. ISECS International Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3290-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCCM.2008.132

Filename

4609749