基于智能天线的Ad Hoc网络MAC协议

天线Ad Hoc网络已经广泛应用于各种无基础架构的环境中。阐述了基于智能天线的Ad Hoc网络MAC协议研究领域的最新进展。对Ad Hoc网络中的隐节点和暴露节点问题作了分析,并对智能天线技术的实现机制进行了简要的概括。在介绍典型MAC协议的基础上,指出了未来MAC协议设计的研究方向,指出基于智能天线的MAC协议研究具有很好的发展前景。     

无线传感器网络功耗控制分析与仿真

根据无线通信原理为三种MAC协议(IEEE802.11MAC、BASIC、PCM)建立了能耗分析模型,对功率控制给网络带来影响进行了数学分析.并对三种MAC协议在不同网络规模中的吞吐量、能量效率进行仿真比较.仿真结果表明:有效的控制节点的发射功率,在减少能耗的同时,可以提高网络性能.     

移动Ad Hoc网络中的一种功率控制MAC协议

本文提出了一种应用于移动Ad Hoc网络中的功率控制MAC（medium access contr01）协议，通过两个通信节点之间的控制包中的信息交换来决定数据包的发送功率以及其它邻节点下一次发送RTS控制包的功率。通过仿真与IEEE 802．11 MAC协议进行比较，由仿真结果可以看出，该协议能大大减少移动节点消耗的功率，提高节点的能量利用效率，并保持系统的吞吐量性能。     

自组织网MAC协议节能机制的研究与分析

为了解决自组织网节点供电不足的问题，在MAC接入方式的算法上进行改进是有必要的。从功率控制和能量管理两个方面，讨论自组织网几种典型的MAC层节能协议，分析这些算法减少功耗的能力以及在这些协议下自组织网络的吞吐量、时延等网络性能，并指出他们的优势和局限性，最后给出了结论。     

无线Adhoc网络中一种基于网络编码的协同MAC协议

协同通信中,中继节点通常用来转发源节点的数据分组.但是从中继节点的角度出发,帮助其它节点转发数据会降低其自身的性能,导致中继低效率问题的出现.针对此问题,该文基于网络编码设计了一种适用于无线Ad hoc网络的协同MAC协议.该协议将网络编码和协同机制相结合,在需要协同传输时,利用网络编码让中继节点在发送源节点数据的同时也发送自身的数据,利用网络编码来解决协同传输中中继低效率问题,进一步提升协同传输的性能.该文还在2维Markov退避模型的基础上,加入了网络编码和协同机制,对所提协议在多跳网络中进行了吞吐量性能分析,并探讨了网络节点数、多跳和信道质量对吞吐量性能的影响.仿真结果表明,相比一般的协同MAC协议,采用网络编码的协同MAC协议可以显著的改善系统性能,是解决协同传输中的中继低效率问题的有效手段.     

基于功率控制WSNs的SMAC协议仿真研究

文中提出一种基于SMAC思想的MAC协议,在SMAC协议中加入功率控制机制,以相邻传感器节点数量来调整发射功率的大小,为不同的相邻传感器节点选择合适的功率等级,建立功率等级表,节点通过查询调度表以最优功率发送数据包;最后通过NS2仿真实验验证加入功率控制机制的MAC协议在节约能耗、降低延迟、提高吞吐量和数据包投递率等方面的优势。     

基于地理位置信息和功率控制的ad hoc网络并行MAC协议

对暴露终端并行传输产生的冲突干扰问题进行了研究,并在此基础上提出了一种基于地理位置信息和功率控制的ad hoc网络并行MAC协议.该协议利用地理位置信息判断节点的暴露终端身份,并在暴露终端发起的并行传输中引入了功率控制机制.在并行传输发送成功概率较低的情况下,该协议通过随机退避机制限制并行传输发起的次数,避免了失败的并行传输对其他接收节点产生干扰并导致节点产生不必要的能耗.仿真证明,该协议在显著提高ad hoc网络平均吞吐量的同时,还能有效节省节点的平均能耗,从而延长节点的工作时间和网络的生存时间.     

一种基于多天线的动态TDMA协议仿真研究

提出一种用于Ad Hoc网络MAC层的多天线、多信道动态TDMA协议,它采用一个全向天线和多个方向性的扇区天线.该协议通过空分复用控制,可提高网络的吞吐量,通过基于动态时隙分配算法和相应的邻居发现策略,以减少时隙空闲,提高信道利用率.利用NS-2平台进行的仿真研究表明,与单一全向天线的MAC协议相比,所提出的协议在吞吐量和时延方面有明显的提高.     

一种基于功率控制的无线传感器网络MAC协议

提出了一种基于功率控制机制的无线传感器网络MAC协议 Distance Prediction Power Control MAC (DPPC-MAC).DPPC-MAC协议基于目前十分成熟的SMAC协议[1-2],引入了功率控制机制以降低数据包发送时的能耗,并且提出了一种新的通过功率预测距离来解决暴露终端和隐藏终端的方法.仿真结果表明,DPPC-MAC能有效降低网络能耗,同时吞吐量性能也得到了一定的改善.     

面向QoS的UWB分布式MAC协议设计

提出了一种在分布式UWB网络结构中提供QoS服务的MAC协议.该MAC协议能够自适应地协调功耗与速率,设计过程分为资源分配和多路接入两方面.仿真结果表明,通过与功率控制机制及速率控制机制的比较.提出的协议在功率消耗,网络吞吐量及延时方面都有较好的改善.     

Power-controlled medium access for ad hoc networks with directional antennas

Directional antennas have the potential to significantly improve the throughput of a wireless ad hoc network. At the same time, energy consumption can be considerably reduced if the network implements per-packet transmission power control. Typical MAC protocols for ad hoc networks (e.g., the IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc mode) were designed for wireless devices with omnidirectional antennas. When used with directional antennas, such protocols suffer from several medium access problems, including interference from minor lobes and hidden-terminal problems, which prevent full exploitation of the potential of directional antennas. In this paper, we propose a power-controlled MAC protocol for directional antennas that ameliorates these problems. Our protocol allows for dynamic adjustment of the transmission power for both data and clear-to-send (CTS) packets to optimize energy consumption. It provides a mechanism for permitting interference-limited concurrent transmissions and choosing the appropriate tradeoff between throughput and energy consumption. The protocol enables nodes to implement load control in a distributed manner, whereby the total interference in the neighborhood of a receiver is upper-bounded. Simulation results demonstrate that the combined gain from concurrent transmissions using directional antennas and power control results in significant improvement in network throughput and considerable reduction in energy consumption.     

基于绿色分布式光载无线系统的无线传感器网络的使能技术(英文)

Novel enabling technologies from physical layer to Medium Access Control (MAC) layer are proposed to provide energy efficient Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) Distributed Antenna System (DAS) based Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). The power consumption performance of the network is evaluated in terms of the total network power consumption based on the proposed power consumption models from the physical layer. The results illustrate that for a given power consumption value, the tradeoff among the number of Remote Acces...     

Angular MAC: a framework for directional antennas in wireless mesh networks

Capacity of wireless mesh networks can be enhanced through the use of smart directional antennas, which not only enable nodes to have high quality links but also increase network throughput by allowing spatial reuse. This paper proposes a new MAC protocol and framework, called Angular MAC (ANMAC) that enables directional antennas in wireless mesh networks. The protocols and algorithms of the ANMAC framework fit well with the requirements of mesh networks such as neighbor discovery and self-configuration, while providing significant throughput enhancements. The throughput enhancements are proven by comprehensive simulations with realistic antenna patterns, including performance comparisons of ANMAC with directional schemes using a similar node architecture and omni 802.11. Also, the effect of contention window size is analyzed and a dynamic contention window adaptation algorithm is proposed to maximize the throughput of the self-configuring mesh network, by taking instantaneous traffic conditions into account.     

A Power Control MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks

This paper presents a power control MAC protocol that allows nodes to vary transmit power level on a per-packet basis. Several researchers have proposed simple modifications of IEEE 802.11 to incorporate power control. The main idea of these power control schemes is to use different power levels for RTS–CTS and DATA–ACK. Specifically, maximum transmit power is used for RTS–CTS, and the minimum required transmit power is used for DATA–ACK transmissions in order to save energy. However, we show that these schemes can degrade network throughput and can result in higher energy consumption than when using IEEE 802.11 without power control. We propose a power control protocol which does not degrade throughput and yields energy saving.     

Solving the near–far problem in CDMA-based ad hoc networks

In this paper, we propose a distributed CDMA-based medium access protocol for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Our approach accounts for multiple access interference (MAI) at the protocol level, thereby addressing the notorious near–far problem that undermines the throughput performance in MANETs. Collision avoidance information is inserted in the clear-to-send (CTS) packets and broadcasted over an out-of-band control channel. This information is used to dynamically bound the transmission power of possible interfering nodes in the vicinity of a receiver. Data packets are transmitted at a power level such that interference-limited simultaneous transmissions can take place in the vicinity of a receiving terminal without disturbing its reception. Simulation results indicate that the proposed protocol achieves a significant increase in network throughput relative to the 802.11 approach, at no additional cost in energy consumption. Finally, we show that variable processing gain may be used to increase the capacity of the proposed protocol.     

水声传感网MAC协议的研究进展

水声传感网因其广阔的应用领域和巨大的应用潜力,近年来已成为通信领域的研究新热点,MAC协议是水声传感网的重要组成部分.概述水声传感网MAC协议的研究现状,指出水声传感网的MAC协议大体可分为基于非竞争的MAC协议和基于竞争的MAC协议,并对不同类别协议的优缺点进行对比分析.针对现有各种协议在吞吐量、开销、信道利用率以及网络的扩展性等方面均存在优势和不足等,从如何更好地克服水声通信中的传播时延长、可用带宽有限、能量消耗大和移动性大等方面,提出更合理更实用的水声通信MAC协议将是该领域未来的重点研究方向.     

Simulation and analysis of node throughput using smart antenna in wireless mesh networks

Smart antenna technology is introduced to wireless mesh networks. Smart antennas based wider-range access medium access control (MAC) protocol (SWAMP) is used as MAC protocol for IEEE 802.11 mesh networks in this study. The calculation method of node throughput in chain and arbitrary topology is proposed under nodes fairness guarantee. Network scale and interference among nodes are key factors that influence node throughput. Node distribution pattern near the gateway also affects the node throughput. Experiment based on network simulator-2 (NS-2) simulation platform compares node throughput between smart antenna scenario and omni-antenna scenario. As smart antenna technology reduces the bottle collision domain, node throughput increases observably.     

A distributed transmission power control protocol for mobile ad hoc networks

In this paper, we propose a comprehensive solution for power control in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Our solution emphasizes the interplay between the MAC and network layers, whereby the MAC layer indirectly influences the selection of the next-hop by properly adjusting the power of route request packets. This is done while maintaining network connectivity. Channel-gain information obtained mainly from overheard RTS and CTS packets is used to dynamically construct the network topology. Unlike the IEEE 802.11 approach and previously proposed schemes, ours does not use the RTS/CTS packets to silence the neighboring nodes. Instead, collision avoidance information is inserted in the CTS packets and sent over an out-of-band control channel. This information is used to dynamically bound the transmission power of potentially interfering nodes in the vicinity of a receiver. By properly estimating the required transmission power for data packets, our protocol allows for interference-limited simultaneous transmissions to take place in the neighborhood of a receiving node. Simulation results indicate that, compared to the IEEE 802.11 approach, the proposed protocol achieves a significant increase in the channel utilization and end-to-end network throughput and a significant decrease in the total energy consumption.     

一种自组网功率控制算法及分析

无线自组网中的移动节点大多依靠电池提供能量,因此能量是影响无线自组网性能的一个很大的瓶颈,作为事实上的无线自组网媒体接入协议,802.11并没有动态调整传输功率的能力,大大限制了网络的生存时间。采用功率控制可以提高节点的功率使用效率,减少相邻节点间的干扰,改善网络的性能。在802.11基础上提出一种基于信噪比的动态传输功率控制算法。通过进行计算机仿真,与802.11协议相比,在保持吞吐量性能的前提下,大大减少了节点的功率消耗,提高了节点的能量利用率。