Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Provisioning link layer proportional service differentiation in wireless networks with smart antennas

  • Published:
Wireless Networks Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In this paper, we present a collision free MAC protocol for wireless networks with smart antennas that provides proportional service differentiation to various classes of traffic based on their respective bandwidth demand. The proposed protocol works for diverse physical parameters such as number of interfaces at each node, number of communication frequencies, and antenna beamwidth. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work that provides link layer differentiated services for wireless networks with smart antennas and explores the influence of the physical parameters and network topology on the performance of the MAC layer.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Y.B. Ko and N.H. Vaidya, “Medium Access Control Protocols Using Directional Antennas in Ad Hoc Networks,” Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM (March 2000) pp. 13–21.

  2. N.S. Fahmy, T.D. Todd and V. Kezys, “Ad Hoc Networks with Smart Antennas Using IEEE 802.11-Based Protocols,” Proc. of IEEE ICC, Vol. 5 (Apr.–May 2002) pp. 3144–3148.

    Google Scholar 

  3. M. Takai, J. Martin, A. Ren and R. Bagrodia, “Directional Virtual Carrier Sensing for Directional Antennas in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,” ACM MOBIHOC, Lausanne, Switzerland (June 2002).

  4. R.R. Choudhury, X. Yang, R. Ramanathan and N. H. Vaidya, “Using Directional Antennas for Medium Access Control in Ad Hoc Networks,” ACM MOBICOM, Atlanta, GA (September 2002).

  5. R. Ramanathan, “On the Performance of Ad Hoc Networks with Beamforming Antennas,” ACM MobiHoc, Long Beach, CA (October 2001).

  6. K. Dyberg, L. Farman, F. Eklof, J. Gronkvist, U. Sterner and J. Rantakokko, “On the Performance of Antenna Arrays in Spatial Reuse TDMA Ad Hoc Networks,” Proc. IEEE MILCOM (October 2002) pp. 270–275.

  7. L. Bao and J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, “Transmission Scheduling in Ad Hoc Networks with Directional Antennas,” ACM MOBICOM, Atlanta, GA (September 2002).

  8. I. Chlamtac and A. Lerner, “Fair algorithms for maximal link activation in multihop radio networks”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 35, No. 7 (July 1987) pp. 739–746.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. K. Sundaresan and R. Sivakumar, A Unified MAC Layer Framework for Ad-hoc Networks with Smart Antennas, ACM MobiHoc, Roppongi, Japan (May 2004).

  10. S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Pal, D. Saha, T. Ueda and K. Hasuike, “Improving System Performance of Ad Hoc Wireless Network with Directional Antenna”, IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2003), Anchorage, AK (May 2003).

  11. H. Singh and S. Singh, “Smart-802.11b MAC protocol for use with Smart Antennas", IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2004), Paris, France (June 2004).

  12. P.H. Lehne and M. Pettersen, “An Overview of Smart Antenna Technology for Mobile Communications Systems”, IEEE Communications Surveys, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1999) pp. 2–13.

    Google Scholar 

  13. I. Chlamtac and A. Lerner, “A link allocation protocol for mobile multihop radio networks,” GLOBECOM, New Orleans, LA (December 1985).

  14. I. Chlamtac and A. Lerner, “A link allocation protocol for mobile multihop radio networks,” GLOBECOM, New Orleans, LA (December 1985).

  15. D. Baker, A. Ephremides and J. Flynn, “The design and simulation of a mobile radio network with distributed control,” IEEE Trans. Select. Areas Communication, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1984) pp. 226–237.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. S. Bellofiore, C. Balanis, J. Foufz and A.S. Spania, “Smart-Antenna Systems for Mobile Communication Networks Part I: Overview and Antenna Design,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 3 (June 2002) pp.145–154.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. C. Balanis, Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, Wiley, New York, NY (1982).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

    Ashish Deopura & Aura Ganz

Authors
  1. Ashish Deopura
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Aura Ganz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ashish Deopura.

Additional information

Ashish Deopura received his B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, in 2003, and he received his M.S. degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 2005. He currently works as a Modeling Engineer for OPNET Technologies located in Bethesda, MD

Professor Aura Ganz is the director of the Multimedia Networking Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has authored more than 170 journal and conference papers in the areas of multimedia wireless networks, ubiquitous computing, telemedicine, and security. She is a co-author of the book: “Multimedia Wireless Networks”, Prentice Hall, 2003. Some of her recent assignments include: general co-chair of the IEEE UWBNETS workshop, general co-chair of the IEEE BROADMED workshop, general co-chair of the Massachusetts 3rd Annual R&D Conference, keynote speaker at the NSF sponsored workshop in Mobile Computing, and invited speaker at Personal and Local Wireless Network Solutions conference, and Motorola’s Wireless Communications Futures Forum, Wireless Local Area Networks Conference. She has a PhD, MSc and BSc in Computer Science from the Technion in Israel. More details can be found at: dvd1.ecs.umass.edu/wireless.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Deopura, A., Ganz, A. Provisioning link layer proportional service differentiation in wireless networks with smart antennas. Wireless Netw 13, 371–378 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-006-7532-z

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-006-7532-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation