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20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Volume 2 (AINA'06)
ABF-TDMA: an Adaptive Beamforming TDMA Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Vienna, Austria
April 18-April 20
ISBN: 0-7695-2466-4
ZHANG Guanghui, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
LI Jiandong, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
LI Changle, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
ZHOU Lei, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
A novel MAC protocol called adaptive beamforming time division multiple access (ABF-TFMA) for mobile ad hoc networks with smart antennas is proposed and analyzed. ABF-TDMA is based on TDMA and smart antenna and takes the advantage of collision-free reservation. After successful reservation and training, data packet can be transmitted from source node to destination node with adaptive beamform. We analyze the throughput and delay in ABF-TDMA for the case of a fully connected network with variable-length packets and different number of nodes. The simulation results show that ABF-TDMA can achieve high throughput and keep low delay in the traffic-load ranges of interest, especially when the average packet length and the number of nodes are large.
Citation:
ZHANG Guanghui, LI Jiandong, LI Changle, ZHOU Lei, "ABF-TDMA: an Adaptive Beamforming TDMA Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," aina, vol. 2, pp.817-821, 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Volume 2 (AINA'06), 2006
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