Title :
SYN-DMAC: a directional MAC protocol for ad hoc networks with synchronization
Author :
Wang, Jianfeng ; Fang, Yuguang ; Wu, Dapeng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL
Abstract :
Directional antenna has received intensive research interests in recent years due to its potential to increase communication efficiency and resilience to interference and jamming. In this paper, we provide a novel directional MAC protocol termed SYN-DMAC for ad hoc networks with synchronization. We demonstrate our proposed SYN-DMAC can efficiently address the major open problems in the directional MAC design such as the deafness problem, the hidden terminal problem, the exposed terminal problem and the head-of-line (HOL) blocking problem. Preliminary simulation results show that our scheme significantly improves throughput in comparison with IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol
Keywords :
access protocols; ad hoc networks; directive antennas; jamming; radiofrequency interference; synchronisation; SYN-DMAC protocol; ad hoc network; directional antenna; directional medium access control; jamming; resilience-to-interference; synchronization; Ad hoc networks; Deafness; Directional antennas; Energy efficiency; Global Positioning System; Interference; Jamming; Media Access Protocol; Military communication; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2005. MILCOM 2005. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlantic City, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9393-7
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1606005
