A novel effective protocol design for wireless ad hoc networks

Lixin Li, Huisheng Zhang

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Abstract

Directional antennas can be useful in significantly increasing node and network lifetime in wireless ad hoc networks. In order to utilize directional antennas, an algorithm is needed that will enable nodes to point their antennas to the right place at the right time. With omnidirectional antennas, while two nodes are communicating using a given channel, MAC protocols such as IEEE 802.11 require all other nodes in the vicinity to remain silent. With directional antennas, two pairs of nodes located in each other's vicinity may potentially communicate simultaneously, increasing spatial reuse of the wireless channel. This paper considers the problem of designing medium access control protocols for ad hoc networks using directional antennas. Then we compare the performance of our approach with the others.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPACIIA 2009 - 2009 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications
Pages361-364
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications, PACIIA 2009 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 28 Nov 200929 Nov 2009

Publication series

NamePACIIA 2009 - 2009 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications
Volume1

Conference

Conference2009 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications, PACIIA 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period28/11/0929/11/09

Keywords

  • Ad hoc networks
  • Medium access control
  • Protocol design

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