Title: Energy efficient MAC protocol with spatial reusability for wireless ad hoc networks

Authors: Hrishikesh Gossain, Carlos de M. Cordeiro, Dharma P. Agrawal

Addresses: Mesh Networks Product Group, Motorola, Inc., FL 32751, Maitland, USA. ' Philips Research, Wireless Communication and Networking Department, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, USA. ' Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, 816 Engineering Research Centre Building, OH 45221-0030, Cincinnati, USA

Abstract: In this paper we propose a Spatial Reuse MAC (SRM) protocol based on the IEEE 802.11 which employs a combination of power control and a fully distributed scheme of transmission sneaking to achieve energy efficiency and spatial re-use in wireless ad hoc networks without using a separate control channel. Through extensive performance evaluation, we show that SRM considerably improves the total amount of bytes delivered per unit of energy as compared to existing solutions.

Keywords: 802.11; dominating transmission; energy saving; MAC; power control; sneaking transmission; spatial reuse; wireless ad hoc networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2005.008016

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, 2005 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.13 - 26

Published online: 10 Nov 2005 *

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