An Interference Graph Based MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks

Author

Lin, Weiming ; Zhang, Chongqing ; Li, Minglu ; Wu, Min-You

Author_Institution

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

fYear

2006

fDate

Sept. 2006

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

94

Abstract

Due to using the simplified interference model, IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol introduces the hidden and exposed terminal problems which significantly decrease the performance of ad hoc wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a novel Interference Graph based MAC protocol (IG-MAC) to improve the throughput of ad hoc wireless networks. The key point is to model the interference information by means of Interference Graph and send busy tone with encoded communication information to prevent the potentially interfering nodes from initiating new transmissions. Through the simulation, our protocol can solve the above two problems caused by 802.11 and improve the network performance substantially.

Keywords

Access protocols; Bandwidth; Computer science; Interference; Media Access Protocol; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Throughput; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; 802.11; MAC Protocol; ad hoc wireless network; busy tone; interference graph;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology, 2006. CIT '06. The Sixth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2687-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIT.2006.50

Filename

4019902