TDMA cluster-based MAC for VANETs (TC-MAC)

Author

Almalag, Mohammad S. ; Olariu, Stephan ; Weigle, Michele C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

25-28 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

One of the challenges for Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) is the design of the Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol. When exchanging messages between vehicles, there are network issues that must be addressed, including the hidden terminal problem, high density, high node mobility, and data rate limitations. A cluster-based MAC scheme is needed in VANETs to overcome the lack of specialized hardware for infrastructure and the mobility to support network stability and channel utilization. This paper presents a MAC algorithm for vehicular ad-hoc networks using a new method for TDMA slot reservation based on clustering of vehicles. Our algorithm aims to decrease collisions and packet drops in the channel, as well as provide fairness in sharing the wireless medium and minimizing the effect of hidden terminals.

Keywords

access protocols; pattern clustering; time division multiple access; vehicular ad hoc networks; TC-MAC; TDMA cluster-based MAC protocol; TDMA slot reservation; VANET; hidden terminal problem; high node mobility; medium access control protocol; network stability; vehicle clustering; vehicular ad-hoc networks; wireless medium; Clustering algorithms; Media Access Protocol; Safety; Standards; Time division multiple access; Vehicles; Ad-hoc network; Medium Access Control; TDMA; Vehicular Ad-hoc Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on a

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1238-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1237-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WoWMoM.2012.6263796

Filename

6263796