An analytical model for the Neighbor Turn Taking MAC protocol

Author

Golen, Erik F. ; Nozaki, Yoshihiro ; Shenoy, Nirmala

Author_Institution

Lab. for Wireless Networking & Security, Rochester Inst. of Technol., Rochester, NY

fYear

2008

fDate

16-19 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The neighbor turn taking (NTT) Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol is a loosely scheduled MAC, whose intended purpose is for use in wireless ad hoc networking environments where the node mobility is low. This protocol has been previously shown via simulation to perform better than IEEE 802.11 in terms of end-to-end packet latency and rate of successfully transmitted packets under saturated conditions. In this paper, we present an analytical model of the NTT MAC based upon the Bianchi station model of 802.11psilas Distributed Coordination Function to further support the claims of previous work. When comparing the analytical model developed for the NTT MAC protocol with that of 802.11, significant improvements in access delay and the probability of successful packet transmission are shown, which will ultimately provide energy savings, while attaining a per node throughput that is consistent with 802.11.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; wireless LAN; Bianchi station model; IEEE 802.11; distributed coordination function; end-to-end packet latency; medium access control protocol; neighbor turn taking MAC protocol; wireless ad hoc networking environments; Access protocols; Analytical models; Communication system security; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Mobile ad hoc networks; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2008. MILCOM 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2676-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2677-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2008.4753414

Filename

4753414