A novel dual channel MAC protocol for IEEE802.11 ad-hoc networks

Conference item

In this paper, we propose a link-directionality-based dual channel MAC protocol in an attempt to double the capacities of networks using the single-channel 802.11 protocol. Simulations show that the proposed scheme can achieve more than 78% of our targeted capacities. We believe this is a first paper in the literature to propose a MAC protocol to transmit RTS/DATA and CTS/ACK of a link in different channels. This yields a large potential for multiplying the network capacities of ad-hoc networks by using only two channels.

Authors: Ng, P; Edwards, D; Liew, S; IEEE

• Publication status: Published
• Host title: 25TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, VOLS 1-7, PROCEEDINGS IEEE INFOCOM 2006
• Pages: 3225-3226
• Publication date: 2006-01-01
• DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2006.70
• ISSN: 0743-166X
• ISBN: 9781424402212