MAC Performance of Multihop Cellular Networks

Different Medium access control (MAC) protocols have been devised for different type of architectures, applications and media. A medium access control (MAC) protocol moderates access to the shared medium by defining rules that allow devices to communicate with each other in an orderly and efficient manner. There are many MAC protocols for conventional cellular and adhoc networks but multihop celluar networks are a new concept. Multihop cellular networks (MCNs) were proposed to combine the benefits of conventional cellular networks (CCNs) employing single hop communication with multihop adhoc networks. This can be achieved with the help of relaying in cellular networks. MAC Protocols for CCNs cannot be used for MCNs. In this paper we propose a reservation based MAC procedure for cellular networks with relays which are also called MCNs. The throughput and capacity analysis of MCNs with proposed MAC scheme is done.