Paper Info
Title
A Survey of Adaptive Carrier Sensing Mechanisms for IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks
Abstract
This survey provides a comprehensive review of existing physical carrier sensing enhancements for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. The original physical carrier sensing mechanism, used by wireless stations to gain access to the medium, is limited. Consequently, IEEE 802.11 networks are vulnerable to the presence of hidden and exposed nodes. Such nodes can significantly decrease system performance by increasing the collision rate and decreasing the channel spatial reuse. The value of the physical carrier sensing threshold is a key factor influencing the presence of hidden and exposed nodes in a wireless network. Several enhancements have been proposed in the literature, which attempt to mitigate the loss in performance caused by the limited carrier sensing. Firstly, the notion of an optimum carrier sensing threshold has been studied, and results indicate that it can be tuned to an optimum value. Building on the positive early results, further work was performed to develop mechanisms that dynamically adjust the threshold according to varying network conditions. This article presents an in-depth survey of the existing literature in the area, detailing the various approaches and their efficacy in addressing the problem of hidden and exposed nodes (and consequently increasing performance). It offers a comparison of the techniques, by evaluating the models, limitations, assumptions, and performance gains.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/SURV.2014.031814.00177
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE  
Keywords
Field
DocType
ad hoc networks,carrier sense multiple access,wireless LAN,IEEE 802.11 wireless networks,adaptive carrier sensing mechanism,channel spatial reuse,collision rate,exposed nodes,hidden nodes,in-depth survey,network conditions,optimum carrier sensing threshold,physical carrier sensing enhancements,physical carrier sensing threshold,wireless stations,Ad Hoc Networks,Adaptive Algorithm,Analytical Models,IP Networks,Wireless Communication,Wireless LAN,Wireless Networks
Service set,Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance for Wireless,Key distribution in wireless sensor networks,Wireless network,Inter-Access Point Protocol,IEEE 802.11,Computer science,Computer network,Wireless mesh network,Hidden node problem
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
16
3
1553-877X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
20
1.64
52
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christina Thorpe1539.00
Liam Murphy281174.94