Title :
A BIBD based MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks with directional antennas
Author :
Boggia, G. ; Camarda, P. ; Cormio, C. ; Grieco, L.A.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettrotec. ed Elettron., Politec. di Bari, Bari
Abstract :
The use of directional antennas in wireless ad hoc networks can significantly improve global performance due to a high spatial channel reuse. Nevertheless, its introduction poses new location dependent problems related to the MAC protocol. In this paper, the Balanced Incomplete Block Design theory has been exploited to develop a new MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks using directional antennas. The protocol is highly scalable. Moreover, preliminary simulation results show that it can provide a high number of concurrent communications, depending on the number of directional antennas mounted on each node, and great fairness in bandwidth sharing.
Keywords :
access protocols; ad hoc networks; bandwidth allocation; directive antennas; wireless channels; MAC protocol; balanced incomplete block design; bandwidth sharing; directional antennas; spatial channel reuse; wireless ad hoc networks; Adaptive arrays; Deafness; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; Helical antennas; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Transmitters; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, 2008. CNSDSP 2008. 6th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Graz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1875-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1876-3
DOI :
10.1109/CSNDSP.2008.4610783
