CSMAC: A new centralized scheduling-based mac protocol for wireless LAN

Shunyuan Ye, Thanasis Korakis, Shivendra Panwar

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Abstract

Medium Access Control (MAC) is a key issue for the efficiency of IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network. Legacy 802.11 DCF, using CSMA/CA and a random back-off mechanism, provides a simple-to-implement solution, however it achieves very low throughput. Exploiting the existence of a central entity in the infrastructure mode of an 802.11 wireless network, we propose a new centralized scheduling-based MAC protocol which is based on the popular DCF mechanism. This simple yet efficient scheme illustrates a new paradigm for realistic medium access control protocol design for next generation wireless networks. We have evaluated the performance of the proposed protocol by extensive simulations in different scenarios of wireless networks. Simulation results show that the new protocol significantly improves the network performance in terms of throughput and medium access delay.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2009 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2009 - Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2009 - Budapest, Hungary
Duration: Apr 5 2009Apr 8 2009

Publication series

NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
ISSN (Print)1525-3511

Other

Other2009 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2009
Country/TerritoryHungary
CityBudapest
Period4/5/094/8/09

Keywords

  • IEEE 802.11
  • Medium access control
  • Wireless network

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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