In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their Challenges
In-band full duplex wireless medium access control (MAC) protocol is essential in order to enable higher layers of the protocol stack to exploit the maximum benefits from physical layer full duplex technology. Unlike half duplex wireless local area network, a full duplex MAC protocol has to deal wit...
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| description | In-band full duplex wireless medium access control (MAC) protocol is essential in order to enable higher layers of the protocol stack to exploit the maximum benefits from physical layer full duplex technology. Unlike half duplex wireless local area network, a full duplex MAC protocol has to deal with several unique issues and challenges that arise because of the dynamic nature of the wireless environment. In this paper, we have discussed several existing full duplex MAC protocols and have shown qualitative comparisons among these full duplex MAC protocols. Full duplex in-band wireless communication has the potential to double the capacity of wireless network. Inter-client Interference (ICI) is a hindrance in achieving double spectral efficiency of the in-band full-duplex wireless medium. In this paper, we have classified existing solutions to the ICI problem and compared the solutions with respect to the proposed approaches, their advantages and disadvantages.We have also identified and discussed several issues and challenges of designing a full duplex MAC protocol. Results of qualitative comparisons of various wireless full duplex MAC protocols may be applied to design new protocols as well as researchers may find the identified issues and challenges helpful to solve various problems of a full duplex MAC protocol. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90fd1f8dbb904a75ad8253ad8c4c528f2023-11-19T21:50:28ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892020-04-0111421610.3390/info11040216In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their ChallengesMd. Ruhul Amin0Md. Shohrab Hossain1Mohammed Atiquzzaman2Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, BangladeshDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, BangladeshSchool of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USAIn-band full duplex wireless medium access control (MAC) protocol is essential in order to enable higher layers of the protocol stack to exploit the maximum benefits from physical layer full duplex technology. Unlike half duplex wireless local area network, a full duplex MAC protocol has to deal with several unique issues and challenges that arise because of the dynamic nature of the wireless environment. In this paper, we have discussed several existing full duplex MAC protocols and have shown qualitative comparisons among these full duplex MAC protocols. Full duplex in-band wireless communication has the potential to double the capacity of wireless network. Inter-client Interference (ICI) is a hindrance in achieving double spectral efficiency of the in-band full-duplex wireless medium. In this paper, we have classified existing solutions to the ICI problem and compared the solutions with respect to the proposed approaches, their advantages and disadvantages.We have also identified and discussed several issues and challenges of designing a full duplex MAC protocol. Results of qualitative comparisons of various wireless full duplex MAC protocols may be applied to design new protocols as well as researchers may find the identified issues and challenges helpful to solve various problems of a full duplex MAC protocol.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/4/216in-band full duplex wirelessinter-client interferenceCSMA/CAMACIEEE 802.11 DCFBEB |
| spellingShingle | Md. Ruhul Amin Md. Shohrab Hossain Mohammed Atiquzzaman In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their Challenges Information in-band full duplex wireless inter-client interference CSMA/CA MAC IEEE 802.11 DCF BEB |
| title | In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their Challenges |
| title_full | In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their Challenges |
| title_fullStr | In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their Challenges |
| title_short | In-Band Full Duplex Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control Protocols, Design Issues and Their Challenges |
| title_sort | in band full duplex wireless lans medium access control protocols design issues and their challenges |
| topic | in-band full duplex wireless inter-client interference CSMA/CA MAC IEEE 802.11 DCF BEB |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/4/216 |
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