A collision resolution algorithm for ad-hoc wireless LANs

摘要

In this paper we propose and anlayze a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for high-speed ad-hoc Wireledss Local Area Networks; The MAC protocol is a collision resolution algorithm and aims to approximate the delay characteristics of an ideal multiplexer with FIFO discipline.The protocol groups the packeets arriving in given time intervals.Packets belongin to hte same set will be transmitted via a CSMA algorithm whereas the diferent sets will be served following a FIFO discipline.The results obtianed by means of simulation and analyticla models show that the protocol can support real-time services even when the netwrok load is moderately high.