Efficient Reliable Multicast MAC Protocol for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs

Author

Choi, Woo-Yong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Manage. Syst. Eng., Dong-A Univ., Busan

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

12-14 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

174

Lastpage

177

Abstract

In this paper, we want to propose a new reliable multicast MAC protocol based on the PCF (point coordination function) MAC protocol for minimizing the RAK frame transmissions and enhancing the efficiency of the radio bandwidth. Enhancing the BMMM protocol, the proposed MAC protocol reduces the RAK frame transmissions necessary to request the ACK frame transmissions from the recipients by employing the connectivity information among the recipients involved in the multicast frame transmissions of the AP.

Keywords

access protocols; multicast protocols; wireless LAN; ACK frame; BMMM protocol; IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; RAK frame transmissions; efficient reliable multicast MAC protocol; multicast frame transmissions; point coordination function; radio bandwidth; Access protocols; Delay; Internet telephony; Media Access Protocol; Multicast protocols; Radio spectrum management; Radio transmitters; Unicast; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN; PCF; Reliable Multicast Transmission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, The 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gangwon-Do

ISSN

1738-9445

Print_ISBN

978-89-5519-131-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2007.358332

Filename

4195111