NDLI: A New Multi-channel MAC Protocol for 802.11-based Wireless Mesh Networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hongjiang Lei Zhi Ren Chao Gao Yongcai Guo
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Dedicated control channel protocol is a kind of classic multi-channel MAC (Medium Access Control) protocol, in which a common channel is used as a control channel to negotiate, and the remaining channels are used for data exchange. However, a large number of overhead produced in channel consultation easily leads to control channel saturation problem, which reduces both the network throughput and channel utilization. In this paper, we propose a new multiple radio MAC protocol named Enhanced Dedicated Control Channel (EDCC) protocol. A strategy named TXOP (Transmission Opportunity) is used to solve this problem for WMNs. Several continuous data frames don't need to negotiate channel and are transmitted on the same channel which was selected before. This scheme can drastically reduce the overhead for consultation on the control channel and make the common control channel become not as busy as before. Simulation results show that EDCC improves the throughput of each data channel through reducing consultation overhead and makes the control channel be able to support negotiation for more data channels. As a result, system performance is improved.
Starting Page	27
Ending Page	31
File Size	426225
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467306898
e-ISBN	9780769546476
DOI	10.1109/ICCSEE.2012.9
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-03-23
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Wireless communication Wireless mesh networks Transmission Opportunity (TXOP) Multi-interface Multi-channel MAC protocol Media Access Protocol Throughput Ad hoc networks Delay
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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