A Throughput-Aimed MAC Protocol with QoS Provision for Cognitive Ad Hoc Networks

Yichen WANG  Pinyi REN  Guangen WU  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E93-B   No.6   pp.1426-1429
Publication Date: 2010/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E93.B.1426
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section LETTER (Special Section on Quality of Communication Networks and Services)
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Keyword: 
cognitive radio,  Ad Hoc networks,  Medium Access Control (MAC),  Quality of Service (QoS),  

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Summary: 
In this letter, we propose a Throughput-aimed MAC Protocol with Quality of Service (QoS) provision (T-MAC) for cognitive Ad Hoc networks. This protocol operates based on the Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) slot assignments and the power control mechanism, which can improve the QoS provision and network throughput. Our simulation results show that the T-MAC protocol can efficiently increase the network throughput and reduce the access delay.