LI Jiandong, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
LI Changle, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
ZHOU Lei, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
A novel MAC protocol called adaptive beamforming time division multiple access (ABF-TFMA) for mobile ad hoc networks with smart antennas is proposed and analyzed. ABF-TDMA is based on TDMA and smart antenna and takes the advantage of collision-free reservation. After successful reservation and training, data packet can be transmitted from source node to destination node with adaptive beamform. We analyze the throughput and delay in ABF-TDMA for the case of a fully connected network with variable-length packets and different number of nodes. The simulation results show that ABF-TDMA can achieve high throughput and keep low delay in the traffic-load ranges of interest, especially when the average packet length and the number of nodes are large.
Citation:
ZHANG Guanghui, LI Jiandong, LI Changle, ZHOU Lei, "ABF-TDMA: an Adaptive Beamforming TDMA Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," aina, vol. 2, pp.817-821, 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Volume 2 (AINA'06), 2006