McMAC: A Parallel Rendezvous Multi-Channel MAC Protocol

Many multiple channel MAC protocols for wireless networks have been proposed to make efficient use of multiple channels where each node has a single radio which allows it to send or receive on one channel at a time. However, most of the proposed protocols are single rendezvous protocols that are sub...

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Published in2007 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference pp. 334 - 339
Main Authors Hoi-Sheung, So, W., Walrand, J., Jeonghoon Mo
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.03.2007
Subjects
Access protocols
Concurrent computing
Media Access Protocol
Peer to peer computing
Radio control
Scheduling
Switches
Throughput
USA Councils
Wireless application protocol
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Summary:Many multiple channel MAC protocols for wireless networks have been proposed to make efficient use of multiple channels where each node has a single radio which allows it to send or receive on one channel at a time. However, most of the proposed protocols are single rendezvous protocols that are subject to the congestion of the control channel. The paper proposed a new parallel rendezvous protocol, McMAC, to avoid control channel congestion so that it can scale to use a large number of channels efficiently. The authors validate the protocol design using simulation and implementation.
ISBN:1424406587
9781424406586
ISSN:1525-3511
DOI:10.1109/WCNC.2007.67