A reliable MAC layer multicast protocol in Millimetre Wave WPANs

Author

Zhen Wang ; Weixia Zou ; Guanglong Du

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Universal Wireless Commun., Beijing Univ. of Post & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

Firstpage

169

Lastpage

172

Abstract

Since IEEE 802.11ad doesn´t have any recovery mechanism for multicast technology at Media Access Control (MAC) layer, the lost packets can´t be detected and retransmitted under the influence of interference, conflictions or other issues. Given this, a Multi-Leader Based Protocol (MLBP) is proposed to reduce the control overhead under the premise of improving the reliability of Millimetre Wave WPANs (Wireless personal area networks). Meanwhile, a leader polling mechanism is raised so that each receiving node could communicate with the multicast source directly and equally. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that MLBP is not only simple and feasible but also has great advantages in time delay and throughput.

Keywords

access protocols; computer network reliability; millimetre waves; multicast communication; personal area networks; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11ad; MAC layer multicast protocol reliability; MLBP; leader polling mechanism; media access control layer; millimetre wave WPAN overhead reduction; multicast technology; multileader based protocol; wireless personal area network; Delay effects; Delays; Error analysis; Protocols; Reliability; Throughput; Wireless personal area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Problem-Solving (ICCP), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4246-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCPS.2014.7062244

Filename

7062244