It has been shown in the literature that Network Coding (NC) can boost the performance of wireless networks. However, to really obtain the potential gain of NC, efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols that operate with awareness of the NC functions are necessary. In this paper, we propose a novel NC-aware MAC protocol for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks that combines k-batch transmissions and multiple receiver-initiated reverse direction exchanges involving NC data to boost the overall network performance. The proposed protocol allows any node to transmit a burst of data packets in a single channel access invocation. Then, an intermediate node can transmit an NC data packet when receiving a valid data packet from a source node, without contending for channel access. Both analytical and simulation results presented in this paper show the high throughput and energy efficiency of the proposed protocol with gains ranging from 33% to 298% when compared to existing mechanisms based on the IEEE 802.11 Standard.

Network coding-aware IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol using batch transmissions and multiple reverse direction exchanges / Palacios Trujillo, Raul; Dabi, Biniam Hailu; Alonso Zarate, Jesus; Granelli, Fabrizio; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Da Fonseca, Nelson L. S.. - (2016), pp. 1-7. (Intervento presentato al convegno ICC 2016 tenutosi a Kuala Lumpur nel 23th-27th May 2016) [10.1109/ICC.2016.7510781].

Network coding-aware IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol using batch transmissions and multiple reverse direction exchanges

Palacios Trujillo, Raul;Granelli, Fabrizio;
2016-01-01

Abstract

It has been shown in the literature that Network Coding (NC) can boost the performance of wireless networks. However, to really obtain the potential gain of NC, efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols that operate with awareness of the NC functions are necessary. In this paper, we propose a novel NC-aware MAC protocol for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks that combines k-batch transmissions and multiple receiver-initiated reverse direction exchanges involving NC data to boost the overall network performance. The proposed protocol allows any node to transmit a burst of data packets in a single channel access invocation. Then, an intermediate node can transmit an NC data packet when receiving a valid data packet from a source node, without contending for channel access. Both analytical and simulation results presented in this paper show the high throughput and energy efficiency of the proposed protocol with gains ranging from 33% to 298% when compared to existing mechanisms based on the IEEE 802.11 Standard.
2016
2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016
Piscataway, NJ
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
9781479966646
Palacios Trujillo, Raul; Dabi, Biniam Hailu; Alonso Zarate, Jesus; Granelli, Fabrizio; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Da Fonseca, Nelson L. S.
Network coding-aware IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol using batch transmissions and multiple reverse direction exchanges / Palacios Trujillo, Raul; Dabi, Biniam Hailu; Alonso Zarate, Jesus; Granelli, Fabrizio; Fitzek, Frank H. P.; Da Fonseca, Nelson L. S.. - (2016), pp. 1-7. (Intervento presentato al convegno ICC 2016 tenutosi a Kuala Lumpur nel 23th-27th May 2016) [10.1109/ICC.2016.7510781].
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