TY - GEN
T1 - RMAC
T2 - Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Parallel Processing, ICPP 2004
AU - Si, Weisheng
AU - Li, Chengzhi
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This paper presents a new MAC protocol called RMAC that supports reliable multicast for wireless ad hoc networks. By utilizing the busy tone mechanism to realize multicast reliability, RMAC has the following three novelties: (1) it uses a variable-length control frame to stipulate an order for the receivers to respond, such that the problem of feedback collision is solved; (2) it extends the traditional usage of busy tone for preventing data frame collisions into the multicast scenario; and (3) it introduces a new usage of busy tone for acknowledging data frames. In addition, we also generalize RMAC into a comprehensive MAC protocol that provides both reliable and unreliable services for all the three modes of communications: unicast, multicast, and broadcast. Our evaluation shows that RMAC achieves high reliability with very limited overhead. We also compare RMAC with other reliable multicast MAC protocols, showing that RMAC not only provides higher reliability but also involves lower cost.
AB - This paper presents a new MAC protocol called RMAC that supports reliable multicast for wireless ad hoc networks. By utilizing the busy tone mechanism to realize multicast reliability, RMAC has the following three novelties: (1) it uses a variable-length control frame to stipulate an order for the receivers to respond, such that the problem of feedback collision is solved; (2) it extends the traditional usage of busy tone for preventing data frame collisions into the multicast scenario; and (3) it introduces a new usage of busy tone for acknowledging data frames. In addition, we also generalize RMAC into a comprehensive MAC protocol that provides both reliable and unreliable services for all the three modes of communications: unicast, multicast, and broadcast. Our evaluation shows that RMAC achieves high reliability with very limited overhead. We also compare RMAC with other reliable multicast MAC protocols, showing that RMAC not only provides higher reliability but also involves lower cost.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=10044226095&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICPP.2004.1327959
DO - 10.1109/ICPP.2004.1327959
M3 - Conference Paper
AN - SCOPUS:10044226095
SN - 0769521975
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing
SP - 494
EP - 501
BT - Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Parallel Processing, ICPP 2004
A2 - Eigenmann, R.
Y2 - 15 August 2004 through 18 August 2004
ER -