Title: Hybrid Busy tone and Carrier sense-based MAC protocol in multi-hop ad hoc networks

Authors: Daiqin Yang, Wenjian Shao, Dongxu Shen, Victor O.K. Li

Addresses: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. ' Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. ' Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. ' Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

Abstract: In multi-hop ad hoc networks, receiver busy tone-based Media Access Control (MAC) protocols have been proposed to solve both the hidden terminal problem and the exposed terminal problem of carrier sense-based MAC protocols. However, with only busy tone signals, senders cannot determine the receiving status of their intended receivers. Invitations from intended senders may fail owing to the non-receivable status of their intended receivers rather than owing to collisions. In this paper, we propose a novel Hybrid Busy tone and Carrier sense-based MAC protocol (HBCMA). Simulation results show that HBCMA achieves better performance than a purely busy tone-based protocol.

Keywords: ad hoc networks; multi-hop; media access control; carrier sense-based MAC protocols; busy tone; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2007.014064

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2007 Vol.2 No.4, pp.208 - 214

Published online: 17 Jun 2007 *

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