无线Mesh网络多信道MAC协议

分析了WMN多信道MAC协议设计所面临的问题；介绍了几种现有典型的多信道MAC协议，并对其进行了分析；对多信道MAC协议未来的发展作了简要的总结。期望文章使读者对WMN多信道MAC协议的关键技术，特别是协议的设计有一个概括性的了解。     

多信道无线Mesh网络的性能研究

在无线Mesh网络中使用多信道可以减少碰撞和干扰,提高系统吞吐量.本文先介绍无线Mesh网络,然后介绍多信道在无线Mesh网络中的应用,分析了几种常用的多信道MAC协议.接着着重阐述了多信道无线Mesh网络所面临的问题与挑战,对信道分配、路由选择和隐蔽终端这3个主要问题进行分析,并对其研究设计方向进行了展望.     

基于信道状态感知的多信道认知多址接入协议

摘 要：针对多信道认知无线网络中预约信道与多个数据传输信道的状态不一致会降低认知多址协议性能的问题,提出了基于数据信道状态感知的多信道认知多址协议——CAM-MAC协议。该协议在预约信道上优化握手机制来减少平均成功预约时长;而在Nakagami衰落数传信道上采用跨层方法设计了基于瞬时SNR的自适应传输机制来提高数据传输速率。通过上述机制,CAM-MAC协议可以有效提升系统性能。分析与仿真均表明：该协议在饱和吞吐量上有较大提升,在特定场景下可提高约50%。     

多信道无线Mesh网络的性能研究

在无线Mesh网络中使用多信道可以减少碰撞和干扰,提高系统吞吐量。本文先介绍无线Mesh网络,然后介绍多信道在无线Mesh网络中的应用,分析了几种常用的多信道MAC协议。接着着重阐述了多信道无线Mesh网络所面临的问题与挑战,对信道分配、路由选择和隐蔽终端这3个主要问题进行分析,并对其研究设计方向进行了展望。     

传感器网络多信道通信技术的研究

伴随信息化网络时代的来临,无线传感器网络作为一种新兴技术近年来得到了社会各界广泛的关注与应用。无线传感器网络实现的多信道通信技术具有实时监测、感知并将信息传输到相应的管理平台中的功能。本文主要分析了无线传感器网络的结构,无线传感器网络的通信协议与MAC协议,并从多信道频谱感知、多信道MAC协议和多信道广播对无线传感器网络的通行技术进行了深入研究。     

Adhoc多信道技术及安全性分析

无线网络中多信道技术是解决无线相干性,提高网络容量的有效技术。以单接口多信道为分析对象,对多信道协议进行分类并分析各类的优缺点。根据不同分类的多信道技术分析其存在的安全性问题,进一步提出针对多信道MAC协议特有的攻击行为,通过实验显示该攻击可以对多信道网络性能带来明显的负面效果。     

Ad hoc网络技术讲座第1讲 Ad hoc网络的体系结构和信道接入协议

本文首先介绍Adhoc网络的概貌,然后分析Adhoc网络的体系结构。在介绍了信道接入协议的地位和作用后,对Adhoc网络特有的信道共享方式、隐终端和暴露终端问题进行了介绍和分析。文章把Adhoc网络的信道接入协议划分成基于单信道、双信道和多信道三类,最后给出了Adhoc网络信道接入协议的发展动向。     

两种短波跳频网络信道接入协议仿真

短波通信是军事通信、应急通信的一种重要通信手段。使用跳频技术、组网技术能极大地提高短波通信的抗干扰、抗毁能力。在短波跳频组网中,信道接入协议对网络的性能起着决定性的作用。针对短波跳频组网,提出两种TDMA信道接入协议:多信道固定TDMA协议和轮值TDMA协议,并应用OPNET仿真工具对这两种协议进行了建模、仿真。通过处理和分析仿真数据,比较了两种协议的性能。两种协议均可用于短波跳频组网。     

Ad Hoc网络信道接入协议

文章首先介绍了AdHoc网络特有的隐终端和暴露终端问题 ,并对可能的解决方法进行了分析。在总结了前人工作的基础上 ,将AdHoc网络信道接入协议划分成基于单信道、双信道和多信道三类。文章还介绍了几种具有代表性的单信道接入协议 ,并给出了AdHoc网络信道接入协议的发展动向     

Ad hoc网络技术讲座第1讲Ad hoc网络的体系结构和信道接入协议

本文首先介绍Ad hoc网络的概貌，然后分析Ad hoc网络的体系结构。在介绍了信道接入协议的地位和作用后，对Ad hoc网络特有的信道共享方式。隐终端和暴露终端问题进行了介绍和分析。文章把Ad hoc网络的信道接入协议划分成基于单信道、双信道和多信道三类，最后给出了Ad hoc网络信道接入协议的发展动向。     

无线Ad Hoc网络中基于业务感知的多信道MAC协议(英文)

Existing multi-channel Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols have been demonstrated to significantly increase wireless network performance compared to single channel MAC protocols. Traditionally, the channelization structure in IEEE 802.11 based wireless networks is pre-configured, and the entire available spectrum is divided into subchannels and equal channel widths. In contrast, this paper presents a Traffic-Aware Channelization MAC (TAC-MAC) protocol for wireless ad hoc networks, where each node is equipped with a single half duplex transceiver. TAC-MAC works in a distributed, fine-grai-ned manner, which dynamically divides variable-width subchannels and allocates subchannel width based on the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technique according to the traffic demands of nodes. Simulations show that the TAC-MAC can significantly improve network throughput and reduce packet delay compared with both fixed-width multi-channel MAC and single channel 802.11 protocols, which illustrates a new paradigm for high-efficient multi-channel MAC design in wireless ad hoc networks.     

认知无线网络：关键技术与研究现状

综述了认知无线网络的关键技术和研究进展。首先,从物理层的频谱感知和网络层的可用带宽估计两方面对网络环境感知技术进行了总结和归纳;其次,对目前的多信道MAC协议进行了分类,重点分析了不同多信道MAC协议实现方法的优缺点和适用场景;然后,对认知无线网络中智能决策和网络重构的实现框架进行了介绍,并总结了其中需要突破的关键技术;最后,对认知无线网络的重点研究方向给出了建议。     

Energy efficient multi-channel media access control for dense wireless ad hoc and sensor networks

Traditional single-channel MAC protocols for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks favor energy-efficiency over throughput. More recent multi-channel MAC protocols display higher throughput but less energy efficiency. In this article we propose NAMAC, a negotiator-based multi-channel MAC protocol in which specially designated nodes called negotiators maintain the sleeping and communication schedules of nodes within their communication ranges in static wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Negotiators facilitate the assignation of channels and coordination of communications windows, thus allowing individual nodes to sleep and save energy. We formally define the problem of finding the optimal set of negotiators (i.e., minimizing the number of selected negotiators while maximizing the coverage of the negotiators) and prove that the problem is NP-Complete. Accordingly, we propose a greedy negotiator-election algorithm as part of NAMAC. In addition, we prove the correctness of NAMAC through a rigorous model checking and analyze various characteristics of NAMAC—the throughput of NAMAC, impact of negotiators on network capacity, and storage and computational overhead. Simulation results show that NAMAC, at high network loads, consumes 36 % less energy while providing 25 % more throughput than comparable state-of-art multi-channel MAC protocols for ad hoc networks. Additionally, we propose a lightweight version of NAMAC and show that it outperforms (55 % higher throughput with 36 % less energy) state-of-art MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks.     

A hybrid multi-channel MAC protocol for wireless ad hoc networks

In a regular wireless ad hoc network, the Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol coordinates channel access among nodes, and the throughput of the network is limited by the bandwidth of a single channel. The multi-channel MAC protocols can exploit multiple channels to achieve high network throughput by enabling more concurrent transmissions. In this paper, we propose a hybrid and adaptive protocol, called H-MMAC, which utilizes multi-channel resources more efficiently than other multi-channel MAC protocols. The main idea is to adopt the IEEE 802.11 Power Saving Mechanism and to allow nodes to transmit data packets while other nodes try to negotiate the data channel during the Ad hoc Traffic Indication Message window based on the network traffic load. The analytical and simulation results show that the proposed H-MMAC protocol improves the network performance significantly in terms of the aggregate throughput, average delay, fairness and energy efficiency.     

Multi-channel support for DMAC in WSNs

Currently most wireless sensor network applications assume the presence of single-channel medium access control (MAC) protocols. However, lower sensing range result in dense networks, single-channel MAC protocols may be inadequate due to higher demand for the limited bandwidth. In this paper we proposed a method of multi-channel support for DMAC in Wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The channel assignment method is based on local information of nodes. Our multi-channel DMAC protocol implement channel distribution before message collecting from source nodes to sink node and made broadcasting possible in DMAC. Analysis and simulation result displays this multi-channel protocol obviously decreases the latency without increasing energy consumption.     

基于网络分割的无线传感器网络多信道MAC协议

无线传感器网络中,可用正交信道数目较少和噪声干扰问题制约着多信道MAC协议性能的提升,结合数据采集应用的特点,提出一种基于网络分割的多信道MAC协议。在最小化网络总干扰值的基础上,网络分割引入碰撞因子进一步优化子树结构、降低树内干扰。并利用基于图着色理论的分配策略为每棵子树分配一条高质量信道。仿真实验结果表明,该协议显著提高了网络吞吐量,并且大幅降低了传输延迟和分组丢失率。     

Cross-Layer Based Opportunistic MAC Protocols for QoS Provisionings Over Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks

We propose the cross-layer based opportunistic multi-channel medium access control (MAC) protocols, which integrate the spectrum sensing at physical (PHY) layer with the packet scheduling at MAC layer, for the wireless ad hoc networks. Specifically, the MAC protocols enable the secondary users to identify and utilize the leftover frequency spectrum in a way that constrains the level of interference to the primary users. In our proposed protocols, each secondary user is equipped with two transceivers. One transceiver is tuned to the dedicated control channel, while the other is designed specifically as a cognitive radio that can periodically sense and dynamically use the identified un-used channels. To obtain the channel state accurately, we propose two collaborative channel spectrum-sensing policies, namely, the random sensing policy and the negotiation-based sensing policy, to help the MAC protocols detect the availability of leftover channels. Under the random sensing policy, each secondary user just randomly selects one of the channels for sensing. On the other hand, under the negotiation-based sensing policy, different secondary users attempt to select the distinct channels to sense by overhearing the control packets over the control channel. We develop the Markov chain model and the M/G^Y/1-based queueing model to characterize the performance of our proposed multi-channel MAC protocols under the two types of channel-sensing policies for the saturation network and the non-saturation network scenarios, respectively. In the non-saturation network case, we quantitatively identify the tradeoff between the aggregate traffic throughput and the packet transmission delay, which can provide the insightful guidelines to improve the delay-QoS provisionings over cognitive radio wireless networks.     

无线传感器网络体系结构和关键技术研究

文章介绍了无线传感器网络的体系结构,提出了一种基于跨层设计的管理控制机制;在对无线传感器网络的关键技术,如媒体接入控制(MAC)技术和无线路由协议,分别进行阐述和比较的基础上,提出了一种把简单的IEEE 802 MAC协议应用于无线传感器网络的思想;为了提高系统容量,提出了多信道策略,可以用来有效减少系统碰撞阻塞率,减少接入时延;认为虽然无线传感器网络的应用前景非常广阔,但是仍存在很多问题,除了要尽量减少功耗外,必须提高系统容量,减少碰撞阻塞率,以加快无线传感器网络实用化的进程.     

A Detailed Review of Multi-Channel Medium Access Control Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks

Most applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) assume the presence of single-channel Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols. In the usual dense deployment of the sensor networks, single-channel MAC protocols may be deficient because of radio collisions and limited bandwidth. Hence, using multiple channels can significantly improve the performance of WSN. Recent developments in sensor technology, as seen in Crossbow’s MICAz Mote, Rockwell’s WINS nodes and IEEE 802.15.4 Zigbee, have enabled support for multi-channel communications. Several multi-channel MAC protocols with different objectives have been proposed for WSNs in literature. This paper surveys and classifies the state-of-the-art multi-channel MAC protocols that are proposed for WSNs. It first outlines the sensor network properties that are crucial for designing a MAC protocol. It subsequently reviews the existent challenges to design a good multi-channel MAC protocol for the sensor networks. Then, several multi-channel MAC protocols specifically proposed for the WSNs are inspected in detail and compared with each other. Finally, some open issues in this area are outlined for future research.