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A Study on Multi-Channel Multi-Interface MAC Protocols for Mesh Networks

Mesh Networks을 위한 다중채널 다중인터페이스 MAC 프로토콜에 관한 연구

  • 김영범 (건국대학교 전자공학부)
  • Received : 2011.02.23
  • Accepted : 2011.03.23
  • Published : 2011.07.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new MAC protocol, namely DM-MMAC (Doze Mode Multi-Channel MAC) for ad hoe wireless networks which can utilize multiple channels effectively, thereby enhancing the network throughput considerably. Basically, the IEEE 802.11 specification allows for the use of multiple channels available at the physical layer, but its MAC protocol is designed only for a single channel with the fatal drawback, so called multi-channel hidden terminal problem in multi-channel environments. In this vein, several multi-channel MAC protocols have been proposed, but most of them demonstrate the performance problem that its throughput drastically decreases as the number of mobile hosts residing in a given network increases with small number of available channels. In this work, we tried to improve the performance of multi-channel MAC protocols in terms of network throughput as well as power saving effects by simplifying the channel assignment and channel capturing procedures and reducing the possibility of collisions between mobile hosts.

본 논문에서는 무선 애드혹 네트워크에서 복수개 채널을 이용한 효율적인 매체접속제어 프로토콜로써 DM-MMAC (Doze Mode Multi-Chanel MAC)을 제안한다. 기존의 IEEE 802.11 프로토콜의 경우 물리계층에서 복수개의 가용 채널이 주어지나 MAC 계층에서는 오직 고정된 단일채널을 통한 접속만이 가능하다. 이를 보완하기 위한 프로토콜로써 여러 가지 멀티채널 MAC 프로토콜이 제안되었으나 대부분의 경우 채널수가 적고 호스트의 수가 많아지면 전송 처리율(throughput)이 급격히 저하되는 문제점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존 MMAC 프로토콜의 채널 할당 및 채널점유 과정을 단순화하고 호스트 간 충돌가능성을 줄임으로써 절전효과와 함께 전송률 향상을 도모하였다.

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