Title :
Overview of Multi-Channel MAC Protocols in Wireless Networks
Author :
Wang, Hui ; Zhou, Huaibei ; Qin, Hang
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Software Eng., Wuhan Univ., Wuhan
Abstract :
Multi-channel MAC protocols have recently been proposed to improve the throughput of wireless networks. In this paper, many multi-channel MAC protocols for wireless networks are studied. The classification standards for multi-channel MAC protocols are firstly described, and then the key mechanisms of the existing representative MAC protocols are analyzed. At last, comparison of the characteristics of these protocols is given.
Keywords :
access protocols; wireless LAN; channel hopping; multi-channel MAC protocols; wireless LAN; wireless networks; Access protocols; Communication system control; Laboratories; Media Access Protocol; Radio transceivers; Software engineering; Throughput; Transmitters; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.758
