Paper Info
Title
DT-MAC: An Efficient and Scalable Medium Access Control Protocol for Wireless Networks.
Abstract
Recent advancements in wireless protocols and technologies such as IEEE 802.11n enhances communication systems in terms of offering high physical rates that are well-suited for multimedia and bandwidth-hungry applications. Since efficiency at the medium access control (MAC) layer decreases with increasing the physical rate, few researches have used aggregation, as a compensatory method, to improve efficiency. They have, however, underscored scalability in terms of parameters such as physical rate or number of users. Thus, providing a more scalable MAC protocol has become as issue of paramount concern. In this paper, we propose the Dual-channel Token-based MAC (DT-MAC) protocol that can provide scalability and improve efficiency especially for a large number of users and high physical rates. Then, DT-MAC is analytically evaluated in saturated conditions, and a predictable and optimal bandwidth allocation scheme to sub-channels is proposed. Simulation results for various parameters show that DT-MAC can approximately improve throughput 68% and decrease transmission delay and jitter nearly 90% compared with IEEE 802.11n for a dense high-data-rate single-hop network and operates well under low load.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TWC.2012.010913.120698
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
dual channel,throughput,jitter,scalability,bandwidth allocation
Service set,Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance for Wireless,Network allocation vector,Media access control,Inter-Access Point Protocol,IEEE 802.11e-2005,Wireless distribution system,Computer science,IEEE 802.11s,Computer network,Real-time computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
12
3
1536-1276
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.56
17
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peyman Teymoori1245.49
Nasser Yazdani242557.92
Ahmad Khonsari321042.43