An overview of medium access control protocols with multi-antennas for wireless ad-hoc networks

Author

Yao, Zhi-Qiang ; Sheng, Meng-Gang ; Yin, Jun-Xun

Author_Institution

South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou

Volume

03

fYear

2009

fDate

15-18 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

2117

Lastpage

2122

Abstract

The MAC protocols by using multi-antennas technology have been studied for a long time. However, we have not seen any summary work on comparison and analysis for these kinds of MAC protocols. Therefore, we categorize the various MAC protocols using multi-antennas technology including directional antenna and MIMO. Their principles, main properties and performance are introduced. The existent problems or key technologies are presented when they are applied to ad hoc network. At last, we conclude that directional antenna and MIMO have their respective advantages for different aim environments.

Keywords

MIMO communication; access protocols; ad hoc networks; antenna arrays; multifrequency antennas; MAC protocols; MIMO network; directional antenna; medium access control protocols; multi-antennas; wireless ad-hoc networks; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Adaptive arrays; Directional antennas; Directive antennas; Interference; MIMO; Media Access Protocol; Routing protocols; Wireless application protocol; Ad hoc networks; Directional antennas; MAC; MIMO;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2009. ICACT 2009. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Phoenix Park

ISSN

1738-9445

Print_ISBN

978-89-5519-138-7

Electronic_ISBN

1738-9445

Type

conf

Filename

4809498