Title :
A Mac Protocol for Ad-Hoc Wireless Lans with Reduced Energy Consumption
Author :
Nicopolitidis, Petros ; Papadimitriou, Georgios I. ; Pomportsis, Andreas S. ; Pappas, Konstantinos
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Abstract :
This paper proposes a low power adaptive (LPA) MAC protocol for ad-hoc Wireless LANs (WLANs), which is capable of operating efficiently under bursty traffic conditions. The protocol utilizes a Learning Automaton at each node of the WLAN. Each Automaton utilizes network feedback to select the mobile station that will be granted permission to transmit. We implement a low-power option to reduce the energy consumption of the protocol in medium-to high network loads.
Keywords :
access protocols; ad hoc networks; mobile radio; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; ad-hoc wireless LAN; bursty traffic condition; energy consumption; learning automaton; low power adaptive MAC protocol; mobile station; network feedback; Access protocols; Bit error rate; Energy consumption; Feedback; Learning automata; Media Access Protocol; Permission; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications, 2009. AICT '09. Fifth Advanced International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3840-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3611-8
DOI :
10.1109/AICT.2009.67
