Relay selection considering MAC overhead and collision in wireless networks

Author

Yun Li ; Xiaofen Zhu ; Chao Liao ; Daneshmand, Mojgan

Author_Institution

Chongqing Key Lab. of Mobile Commun. Technol., Chongqing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Chongqing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

7-10 April 2013

Firstpage

1592

Lastpage

1596

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a relay selection method, Maximum Throughput Relay Selection Algorithm (MTRSA) for wireless networks. Based on the derivation of direct and cooperative communications, MTRSA takes both MAC overhead and collision into consideration for maximizing the system throughput. In addition, the analytical derivation and proposed relay selection algorithm support both amplify-and-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF). Numerical results and simulations are provided to validate the efficiency of our algorithm.

Keywords

access protocols; amplify and forward communication; cooperative communication; decode and forward communication; numerical analysis; radio networks; telecommunication network reliability; AF; DF; MAC collision; MAC overhead; MTRSA; amplify-and-forward; cooperative communications; decode-and-forward; direct communications; maximum throughput relay selection algorithm; wireless networks; Media Access Protocol; Probability; Relays; Throughput; Wireless networks; Cooperation communication; Relay selection; System through-put;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5938-2

Electronic_ISBN

1525-3511

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554801

Filename

6554801