Title :
Overhead analysis on beacon broadcasting for self-organizing MIMC ad-hoc networks
Author :
Do-yun Kim ; Young-June Choi ; Kyung-yul Cheon ; Chang-Joo Kim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Ajou Univ., Suwon, South Korea
Abstract :
In self-organizing mobile ad-hoc networks with multi-interface and multi-channel (MIMC), nodes need to rendezvous on a channel using any interface, when there is neither a dedicated channel nor a common control channel. To design such mission-critical combat networks that are alike cognitive radio networks, we modified the existing IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol by extending beacons, such that each interface randomly generates a beacon that includes its channel information. As multiple interfaces of many nodes generate beacons within a transmission range, there is a possibility of beacon collisions on the same channel at a certain node. Through the results based on our implementation with the OPNET simulator, we verify that the system works well while the probability of beacon collisions is very small.
Keywords :
access protocols; military communication; mobile ad hoc networks; probability; wireless LAN; wireless channels; IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol; OPNET simulator; beacon broadcasting; beacon collisions; mission-critical combat networks; multichannel; multiinterface; overhead analysis; probability; self-organizing MIMC ad-hoc networks; self-organizing mobile ad-hoc networks; Ad hoc networks; Cognitive radio; Data communication; Jamming; Media Access Protocol; Schedules; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous and Future Networks (ICUFN), 2013 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Da Nang
DOI :
10.1109/ICUFN.2013.6614915