Collision detection for carrier sense multiple access in wireless networks

Author

Chan, Douglas S. ; Berger, Toby

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

1495

Abstract

Due to constraints inherent in RF systems, it is commonly agreed that collision detection is not feasible for CSMA-based wireless networks. However, by applying ideas from the busy-tone solution for hidden terminals and engineering together existing solutions for RF communications, we devise a simple method to reliably detect collisions for the wireless channel. We investigate the throughput gain delivered by CSMA/CD and its cross-layer designed version for multipacket-reception capable physical layers. We show that collision detection can help the system operate closer to its channel capacity. Our novel performance-improving protocols can be applied as beneficial extensions to the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standards

Keywords

IEEE standards; carrier sense multiple access; channel capacity; radio networks; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; wireless channels; CSMA; IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standards; RF communications; RF systems; busy-tone solution; carrier sense multiple access; channel capacity; collision detection; multipacket-reception; physical layers; throughput gain; wireless channel; wireless networks; Channel capacity; Multiaccess communication; Physical layer; Radio frequency; Reliability engineering; Telecommunication network reliability; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2005. PIMRC 2005. IEEE 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

9.7838007291e+012

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2005.1651693

Filename

1651693