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Control-channel Reuse-based Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks

Sardana, Divya
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1249856000

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2009, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Computer Science.
Ad hoc networks have become a popular type of wireless network in the present world. In order to match with the increasing demand of ad hoc networks, a lot of research is being done towards solving the issues related to the design of ad hoc networks. The design of a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for ad hoc networks is one such issue. Traditional MAC protocols involve the use of a single channel as the wireless medium. However, throughput of a single channel MAC degrades as the node traffic in the system increases. One of the interesting approaches towards alleviating this problem is the use of more than one channel as the underlying medium. The use of multiple channels allows more than one communication to take place simultaneously thereby improving the throughput of the system. Multiple channels have been mostly used in the literature by assigning one of the channels as the control channel used only for control packet transfer and the rest of the channels as data channels used for Data packet transfer. Using such an approach towards designing a multi-channel MAC protocol leads to a poor utilization of the available bandwidth. In this thesis, we propose a multi-channel MAC protocol called as Control-channel Reuse based Multi-channel MAC (CRM-MAC) which aims at improving the overall bandwidth utilization. We illustrate the efficacy of our protocol through elaborate simulations.
Qing-An Zeng, PhD (Committee Chair)
Fred Annexstein, PhD (Committee Member)
Raj Bhatnagar, PhD (Committee Member)
80 p.
Computer Science
multi-channel MAC; mobile ad hoc networks; IEEE 802.11

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  • Sardana, D. (2009). Control-channel Reuse-based Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1249856000

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sardana, Divya. Control-channel Reuse-based Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1249856000.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sardana, Divya. "Control-channel Reuse-based Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1249856000

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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