A MAC Protocol that can Support Multimedia Traffic in Mesh and Ad-Hoc Networks

Author

Lokuge, C.P. ; Coulson, A.J.

fYear

2008

fDate

15-17 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper examines the end-to-end (source to destination) link performance characteristics when a novel media access control (MAC) protocol is used to support multimedia traffic in ad-hoc and mesh networks. The performance analysis was performed by a Monte Carlo simulator, the accuracy of which was verified by an analytical Markov model analysis. An overlaid cell structure was considered for the Monte Carlo simulation where the terminals can be mobile within this environment. The system model includes Rice fading, log-normal shadowing and distance dependent pathloss. The system model also considers preferential channel access based on the capture effect. The MAC protocol proposed in this study indicated satisfactory performance characteristics in the presence of multimedia traffic. The results further shows performance benefits of mesh networks over ad-hoc systems. The paper also shows how network density affects the network performance.

Keywords

Markov processes; Monte Carlo methods; Rician channels; access protocols; ad hoc networks; multimedia communication; telecommunication traffic; MAC protocol; Markov model analysis; Monte Carlo simulator; Rice fading; ad-hoc networks; distance dependent pathloss; log-normal shadowing; media access control; mesh networks; multimedia traffic; performance characteristics; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Media Access Protocol; Mesh networks; Monte Carlo methods; Performance analysis; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Ad-hoc; Media Access Protocols; Mesh; QoS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications, 2008. CrownCom 2008. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2301-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2302-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CROWNCOM.2008.4562492

Filename

4562492