An opportunistic cooperative MAC protocol based on cross-layer design

Author

Yuan, Yuan ; Zheng, Baoyu ; Lin, Wentao ; Dai, Chentuo

Author_Institution

Nanjing Univ. of Posts & Telecom., Nanjing

fYear

2007

fDate

Nov. 28 2007-Dec. 1 2007

Firstpage

714

Lastpage

717

Abstract

In this paper, a novel cooperative MAC protocol in wireless ad hoc networks has been proposed to improve the performance of the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol. A cross-layer method has been applied, by acquiring instantaneous channel information to select relay nodes. Opportunistic cooperative strategy is also exploited to use relay only when it can improve the performance of network system. We implement our protocol on NS2 platform, and simulation results show that opportunistic cooperative MAC (OC-MAC) protocol significantly outperforms IEEE 802.11 in terms of throughput and delay.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; telecommunication channels; IEEE 802.11 protocol; MAC protocol; NS2 platform; channel information; cross-layer design; opportunistic cooperative protocol; relay node selection; wireless ad hoc networks; Cross layer design; Frame relay; Media Access Protocol; Performance analysis; Physical layer; Power system relaying; Signal processing; System performance; Throughput; Wireless application protocol; ad hoc networks; cooperative MAC; cross-layer design; opportunistic cooperation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems, 2007. ISPACS 2007. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Xiamen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1447-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1447-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPACS.2007.4445987

Filename

4445987