Reservation CSMA/CA for multimedia traffic over mobile ad-hoc networks

Author

Joe, Inwhee ; Batsell, Stephen G.

Author_Institution

Center for Inf. Infrastructure Technol., Oak Ridge, TN, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1714

Abstract

This paper describes the design and performance of a medium access control protocol (called reservation CSMA/CA) for multimedia traffic over mobile ad-hoc networks. The reservation CSMA/CA protocol is based on a hierarchical approach consisting of two sublayers. The lower sublayer of the MAC protocol provides a fundamental access method using CSMA/CA to support asynchronous data traffic over mobile ad-hoc networks. The upper sublayer is designed to support real-time periodic traffic by making a slot reservation with the three-way handshake prior to actual data transmission. The proposed protocol has been validated using a software emulator which was carried out with the UNIX implementation. The simulation results show that the reservation CSMA/CA offers higher throughput for real-time periodic traffic compared to the IEEE 802.11 standard, while providing deterministic delay performance

Keywords

Unix; access protocols; carrier sense multiple access; data communication; delays; digital simulation; land mobile radio; multimedia communication; radio networks; telecommunication traffic; IEEE 802.11 standard; UNIX implementation; asynchronous data traffic; deterministic delay performance; hierarchical approach; mobile ad-hoc networks; multimedia traffic; protocol design; protocol performance; real-time periodic traffic; reservation CSMA/CA protocol; simulation; simulation results; slot reservation; software emulator; sublayers; three-way handshake; throughput; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Communication system traffic control; Data communication; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2000. ICC 2000. 2000 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6283-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2000.853786

Filename

853786