A distributed MAC protocol for full duplex radio

Sanjay Goyal, Pei Liu, Ozgur Gurbuz, Elza Erkip, Shivendra Panwar

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Abstract

Recent advances in antenna and circuit design enable radios that operate in full duplex mode on a single channel with very low residual self-interference. In this paper, the use of such full duplex radios in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is explored. Different scenarios in which the full duplex transmission can be exploited are studied. A distributed full duplex MAC design based on IEEE 802.11 DCF that adopts to the traffic conditions is proposed. The proposed MAC design works for both ad hoc and infrastructure modes of WLAN and takes into consideration new interference and contention during full duplex transmissions. OPNET simulations comparing the performance of the proposed MAC with traditional half duplex based IEEE 802.11 DCF show that the new MAC protocol provides up to 88% throughput gain in a heavily loaded network.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationConference Record of the 47th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages788-792
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781479923908
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event2013 47th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers - Pacific Grove, CA, United States
Duration: Nov 3 2013Nov 6 2013

Publication series

NameConference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
ISSN (Print)1058-6393

Other

Other2013 47th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPacific Grove, CA
Period11/3/1311/6/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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