QoS-aware MAC with reservation for mobile ad-hoc networks

Author

Joe, Inwhee

Author_Institution

Coll. of Inf. &. Commun., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

26-29 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

1108

Abstract

This paper describes the design and performance of a novel medium access control (MAC) protocol, called reservation CSMA/CA for QoS (quality of service) support over mobile ad-hoc networks. The reservation CSMA/CA protocol is based on an hierarchical approach consisting of two sublayers. The lower sublayer of the MAC protocol provides a fundamental access method using CSMA/CA to support asynchronous data traffic over mobile ad-hoc networks. The upper sublayer is designed to support real-time periodic traffic with QoS requirements by making a slot reservation with the three-way handshake prior to actual data transmission. The proposed protocol has been validated using the ns network simulator with wireless and mobility extensions. The simulation results show that the reservation CSMA/CA offers the higher throughput with the higher load for real-time periodic traffic compared to the IEEE 802.11 standard, while providing deterministic delay performance.

Keywords

IEEE standards; ad hoc networks; carrier sense multiple access; channel allocation; data communication; mobile radio; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 standard; MAC protocol; QoS-aware MAC; access method; asynchronous data traffic; deterministic delay performance; hierarchical approach; medium access control; mobile ad-hoc networks; ns network simulator; performance; quality of service; real-time periodic traffic; reservation CSMA/CA; slot reservation; throughput; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Data communication; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8521-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2004.1400193

Filename

1400193