A BIBD based MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks with directional antennas

Boggia, Gennaro; Camarda, P.; Cormio, C.; Grieco, L. A.

doi:10.1109/csndsp.2008.4610783

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“…Reference [52] proposes a balance incomplete block design (BIBD)-based MAC protocol for WAHNs with directional antennas. It is an ORTS/DCTS-based single-channel non-circular hybrid DMAC protocol.…”

Section: Orts/dcts-based Single-channel Non-circular Slotted Hybrid Dmentioning

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Directional Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Survey

Wong

Chen

Chin

2015

JSAN

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This survey paper presents the state-of-the-art directional medium access control (MAC) protocols in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks (WAHSNs). The key benefits of directional antennas over omni-directional antennas are longer communication range, less multipath interference, more spatial reuse, more secure communications, higher throughput and reduced latency. However, directional antennas lead to single-/multi-channel directional hidden/exposed terminals, deafness and neighborhood, head-of-line blocking, and MAC-layer capture which need to be overcome. Addressing these problems and benefits for directional antennas to MAC protocols leads to many classes of directional MAC protocols in WAHSNs. These classes of directional MAC protocols presented in this survey paper include single-channel, multi-channel, cooperative and cognitive directional MACs. Single-channel directional MAC protocols can be classified as contention-based or non-contention-based or hybrid-based, while multi-channel directional MAC protocols commonly use a common control channel for control packets/tones and one or more data channels for directional data transmissions. Cooperative directional MAC protocols improve throughput in WAHSNs via directional multi-rate/single-relay/multiple-relay/two frequency channels/polarization, while cognitive directional MAC protocols leverage on conventional directional MAC protocols with new twists to address dynamic spectrum access. All of these directional MAC protocols are the pillars for the design of future directional MAC protocols in WAHSNs.

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Section: Orts/dcts-based Single-channel Non-circular Slotted Hybrid Dmentioning

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Directional Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Survey

Wong

Chen

Chin

2015

JSAN

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“…We set the gain of the active sector so that the transmission range is extended. This activate/deactivate scheme is also used in [13]. When a node wants to transmit a frame, it goes into directional mode.…”

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“…In any scenario, the scheduling of a given link is prohibited at a given time slot for two reasons: the non-availability of the MPT/MPR capability and/or the half-duplex constraint. For instance, link (13,14) from flow 6 is not scheduled at slot 1 because of the non-availability of the MPT/MPR capability. In fact, node 14 is already receiving a packet from node 9 as part of flow 4 since link (9, 14) of flow 4 is scheduled.…”

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“…In fact, node 14 is already receiving a packet from node 9 as part of flow 4 since link (9, 14) of flow 4 is scheduled. Link (13,14) is not scheduled at slot 2 either. At this slot, it is the half-duplex constraint that prevents the scheduling since node 14 is already at the transmitting end of link (14, 11) of flow 4.…”

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“…A (single-beam) directional antenna is characterized by a relatively narrow beam that can be pointed exclusively in the desired direction [13]. In order to best utilize directional antennas, a suitable MAC protocol must be used.…”

Section: Single-beam Directional Antennas 21 Introductionmentioning

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MBA-DRR: A Delay-Reducing Routing Protocol for Multi-Beam Directional Antennas in Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Networks

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Ad hoc networks are infrastructure-less and self-organizing networks that consist of static or mobile nodes with limited bandwidth, computing ability and energy. These networks are deployed for a wide range of civilian and military applications. Having an efficient and reliable routing protocol for communication between the nodes can be critical. Our goal in this thesis is to exploit Multi-Beam directional Antennas (MBAs) to significantly reduce the end-to-end (E2E) delay in multi-hop ad hoc networks that service multiple traffic flows. We conduct this work in four major steps. First, we explore the benefits of directional antennas, from the standpoint of single-beam ones, for traditional routing protocols. We propose a single-beam directional antenna MAC protocol in the process. Secondly, using Flying Ad hoc Networks (FANETs) as an example, we make the case that MBAs are yet to be exploited for E2E delay reduction. To that end, we propose a multi-beam directional antenna MAC protocol. Third, as a consequence of the case made in the second step, we propose a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) model that exploits MBAs' capabilities for delay minimization.

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Directional antennas in FANETs: A performance analysis of routing protocols

Biomo

Kunz

St-Hilaire

2017

2017 International Conference on Selected Topics in Mobile and Wireless Networking (MoWNeT)

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A BIBD based MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks with directional antennas

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

Directional Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Survey

Directional Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks: A Survey

MBA-DRR: A Delay-Reducing Routing Protocol for Multi-Beam Directional Antennas in Multi-Hop Ad Hoc Networks

Directional antennas in FANETs: A performance analysis of routing protocols

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