An On-demand and Dynamic Slot Assignment Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks

Author

Xu, Mingxia ; Zhao, Minjian ; Song, Zhengwei ; Li, Shiju

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

An on-demand and dynamic slot assignment (ODSA) protocol for ad hoc networks is proposed. The protocol assigns slots for nodes basing on information in their two-hop neighborhood, which can be collected by listening before slot assignment. In ODSA, a slot is divided into several mini-slots, and the reservation procedure is realized in the selected idle slot by message exchanging. ODSA can adapt to variations of application and network topology. Furthermore, it can ensure the time delays of nodes owning slots. ODSA has been studied in different network situations, and the results show that ODSA has smaller average access delay and higher channel utilization compared with FPRP

Keywords

ad hoc networks; channel allocation; delays; protocols; telecommunication network topology; ODSA; ad hoc network; channel utilization; network topology; on-demand-dynamic slot assignment protocol; reservation procedure; time delays; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Delay effects; Global Positioning System; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Radio frequency; Time division multiple access; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2006. APCC '06. Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0574-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0574-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.2006.255923

Filename

4023031