Title :
MAC reliable broadcast in ad hoc networks
Author :
Tang, Ken ; Gerla, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Traditional wireless ad hoc medium access control (MAC) protocols often utilize control frames such as request-to-send (RTS), clear-to-send (CTS) and acknowledgement (ACK) to reliably deliver unicast data. However, little effort has been given to improve the reliable delivery of broadcast data. Often, broadcast data are transmitted blindly without any consideration of hidden terminals. In this paper, we proposed a novel MAC protocol, broadcast medium window (BMW) that reliably delivers broadcast data.
Keywords :
access protocols; broadcasting; data communication; mobile radio; multicast communication; packet radio networks; telecommunication network reliability; BMW; MAC protocols; MAC reliable broadcasting; ad hoc networks; broadcast data; broadcast medium window; wireless ad hoc medium access control protocols; Ad hoc networks; Auditory system; Broadcasting; Buffer storage; Collision avoidance; Multiaccess communication; Round robin;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2001. MILCOM 2001. Communications for Network-Centric Operations: Creating the Information Force. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7225-5
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2001.985991
