Incorporating physical-layer effects in modeling of MAC protocols operating in MANETs

Author

Xu, Hui ; Garcia-Luna-Aceves, J.J. ; Sadjadpour, Hamid R.

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

11-14 July 2010

Firstpage

356

Lastpage

363

Abstract

We present an analytical framework for the performance evaluation of medium access control (MAC) protocols with and without carrier sensing operating in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). The model captures the functionality of MAC protocols together with the characterization of packet reception under a realistic physical layer that impacts the performance of the MAC protocols due to interference caused by concurrent transmissions, channel fading caused by multi-path effect, and node mobility. The model reveals the interplay between the MAC protocol functionality and network parameters, and provides new insight on the performance of MAC protocols operating in multi-hop wireless networks. The analytical results are corroborated with results obtained using discrete-event simulations.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; discrete event simulation; fading channels; interference (signal); mobile radio; MAC protocols; MANET; carrier sensing; channel fading; concurrent transmission; discrete event simulation; interference; medium access control protocols; mobile ad hoc networks; multihop wireless networks; multipath effect; node mobility; packet reception; physical layer effects; Fading; Interference; Markov processes; Media Access Protocol; Sensors; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-56555-340-8

Type

conf

Filename

5589016