A busy-tone based directional MAC protocol for ad hoc networks

Author

Huang, Zhuochuan ; Shen, Chien-Chung ; Srisathapornphat, C. ; Jaikaeo, Chaiporn

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

1233

Abstract

In mobile wireless ad hoc networking environments, such as the future combat system (FCS), the shared wireless communication medium is an inherently limited resource and is collision prone. In this paper, we propose to adapt the dual busy tone multiple access (DBTMA) protocol for use with directional antennas, which further increases effective channel capacity. In contrast to other directional antenna based MAC protocols, our protocol, termed DBTMA/DA, is capable of reserving channel capacity in finer grain without relying on extra locationing support. A simulation study is performed to demonstrate the better network performance of DBTMA/DA over DBTMA and the IEEE 802.11a MAC protocols.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; channel capacity; directive antennas; military communication; mobile radio; DBTMA/DA; FCS; MAC protocols; directional antennas; dual busy tone multiple access; effective channel capacity; future combat system; mobile wireless ad hoc networking; network performance; shared wireless communication medium; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Channel capacity; Collaboration; Collision avoidance; Directional antennas; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILCOM 2002. Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7625-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2002.1179655

Filename

1179655