Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

<p/> <p>Battery energy limitation has become a performance bottleneck for mobile ad hoc networks. IEEE 802.11 has been adopted as the current standard MAC protocol for ad hoc networks. However, it was developed without considering energy efficiency. To solve this problem, many modificati...

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Main Authors: Fan Zhengying, Li Jie, Chen Hsiao-Hwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2006-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Online Access:http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/content/2006/036040
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author Fan Zhengying
Li Jie
Chen Hsiao-Hwa
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Li Jie
Chen Hsiao-Hwa
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description <p/> <p>Battery energy limitation has become a performance bottleneck for mobile ad hoc networks. IEEE 802.11 has been adopted as the current standard MAC protocol for ad hoc networks. However, it was developed without considering energy efficiency. To solve this problem, many modifications on IEEE 802.11 to incorporate power control have been proposed in the literature. The main idea of these power control schemes is to use a maximum possible power level for transmitting RTS/CTS and the lowest acceptable power for sending DATA/ACK. However, these schemes may degrade network throughput and reduce the overall energy efficiency of the network. This paper proposes autonomous power control MAC protocol (APCMP), which allows mobile nodes dynamically adjusting power level for transmitting DATA/ACK according to the distances between the transmitter and its neighbors. In addition, the power level for transmitting RTS/CTS is also adjustable according to the power level for DATA/ACK packets. In this paper, the performance of APCMP protocol is evaluated by simulation and is compared with that of other protocols.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-9bee851c497945df8a881cf9506954c02022-12-22T01:39:43ZengSpringerOpenEURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking1687-14721687-14992006-01-0120061036040Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc NetworksFan ZhengyingLi JieChen Hsiao-Hwa<p/> <p>Battery energy limitation has become a performance bottleneck for mobile ad hoc networks. IEEE 802.11 has been adopted as the current standard MAC protocol for ad hoc networks. However, it was developed without considering energy efficiency. To solve this problem, many modifications on IEEE 802.11 to incorporate power control have been proposed in the literature. The main idea of these power control schemes is to use a maximum possible power level for transmitting RTS/CTS and the lowest acceptable power for sending DATA/ACK. However, these schemes may degrade network throughput and reduce the overall energy efficiency of the network. This paper proposes autonomous power control MAC protocol (APCMP), which allows mobile nodes dynamically adjusting power level for transmitting DATA/ACK according to the distances between the transmitter and its neighbors. In addition, the power level for transmitting RTS/CTS is also adjustable according to the power level for DATA/ACK packets. In this paper, the performance of APCMP protocol is evaluated by simulation and is compared with that of other protocols.</p>http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/content/2006/036040
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Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
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title Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
title_full Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
title_fullStr Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
title_full_unstemmed Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
title_short Autonomous Power Control MAC Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
title_sort autonomous power control mac protocol for mobile ad hoc networks
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