Title :
Network coding-based medium access control protocol for cooperative wireless networks
Author :
Antonopoulos, A. ; Skianis, C. ; Verikoukis, C.
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Technol. Centre of Catalonia (CTTC), Castelldefels, Spain
Abstract :
In this paper we introduce a novel Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Automatic Repeat reQuest-based (ARQ-based) cooperative wireless networks. Our protocol coordinates the channel access among a set of relays that use network coding techniques to minimize the number of total transmissions, thus enhancing the performance of the network in terms of Quality of Service (QoS) metrics. The proposed solution is compared to other cooperative schemes, while analytical and simulation results are provided to evaluate our protocol.
Keywords :
access protocols; automatic repeat request; cooperative communication; network coding; quality of service; ARQ-based cooperative wireless networks; MAC protocol; QoS metrics; automatic repeat request-based cooperative wireless networks; channel access; network coding-based medium access control protocol; quality of service; Automatic repeat request; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Network coding; Relays; Throughput; Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ); Medium Access Control (MAC); Network Coding;
Conference_Titel :
Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2052-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1550-3607
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2012.6364119
