TAMMAC: An adaptive multi-channel MAC protocol for MANETs

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4541-4545

  Chen, Wen Tsuen ^a   Liu, Jen Chu ^a,b   Huang, Ting Kai ^a   Chang, Yu Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive negotiation interval; Multi channel; Single transceiver; Traffic aware

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; AGGLOMERATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; TRANSCEIVERS; TRANSMISSIONS; WINDOWS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE NEGOTIATION INTERVAL; BEACON INTERVALS; CHANNEL UTILIZATIONS; CONCURRENT TRANSMISSIONS; CONTENTION WINDOW SIZES; DATA TRANSMISSIONS; FIXED LENGTHS; INTERVAL LIMITS; MAC PROTOCOLS; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-CHANNEL MAC PROTOCOLS; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; NETWORK THROUGHPUTS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SINGLE TRANSCEIVER; SMART WINDOWS; TRAFFIC AWARE; TRAFFIC LOADS;

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 57149132378     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-WC.2008.070205     Document Type: Article

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