Title: Simulation study of some PRMA-based protocols with channel reservation for data traffic

Authors: Xue Jun Li, Peter Han Joo Chong

Addresses: Network Technology Research Centre, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore. ' Network Technology Research Centre, School of EEE, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, 637553, Singapore

Abstract: Medium Access Control (MAC) and resource allocation are two challenging issues in mobile network. Packet reservation multiple access (PRMA) is considered as a promising MAC protocol for future application. In this paper, we first propose a PRMA-based scheme with dynamic channel assignment (DCA) in mobile cellular network. Through computer simulation we show that our proposed scheme outperforms the PRMA schemes with fixed channel assignment (FCA). Then, we propose another technique, namely location-based power transmission, to further improve the performance. This scheme can be extended and optimised for other mobile networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs).

Keywords: mobile networks; ad hoc networks; MANETs; medium access control; MAC; fixed channel assignment; FCA; dynamic channel assignment; DCA; wireless networks; resource allocation; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2007.012418

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2007 Vol.2 No.3, pp.167 - 174

Published online: 12 Feb 2007 *

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