An adaptive MAC protocol for ad-hoc wireless LANs

Author

Nicopolitidis, P. ; Papadimitriou, G.I. ; Pomportsis, A.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Informatics, Aristotle Univ., Thessaloniki, Greece

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1383

Abstract

An ad-hoc learning automata-based protocol for wireless LANs, capable of operating efficiently under bursty traffic conditions, is introduced. According to the proposed protocol, the mobile station that is granted permission to transmit is selected by means of learning automata. The learning automaton takes into account the network feedback information in order to update the choice probability of each mobile station. The proposed protocol is compared via simulation to TDMA under bursty traffic conditions and is shown to exhibit superior performance even when the network feedback is noisy.

Keywords

access protocols; ad hoc networks; burst noise; learning automata; mobile radio; wireless LAN; TDMA; ad-hoc learning automata-based protocol; ad-hoc wireless LAN; adaptive MAC protocol; bursty traffic conditions; medium access control; mobile station choice probability; mobile station transmit permission; network feedback information noise; Access protocols; Bit error rate; Feedback; Learning automata; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Permission; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Fall. 2003 IEEE 58th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7954-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2003.1285249

Filename

1285249