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The performance seen by individual clients on a wireless local area network (WLAN) is heavily influenced by the manner in which wireless channel capacity is allocated. The popular MAC protocol DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) used in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Godfrey Tan , John Guttag

This letter proposes a novel random medium access control (MAC) based on a transmission opportunity prediction, which can be measured in a form of a conditional success probability given transmitter-side interference. A transmission…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-12-16 Jinho Choi , Seung-Woo Ko , Koji Yamamoto , Seong-Lyun Kim

Collisions are a main cause of throughput degradation in WLANs. The current contention mechanism used in IEEE 802.11 networks is called Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA). It uses a Binary Exponential Backoff…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Luis Sanabria-Russo , Jaume Barcelo , Boris Bellalta , Francesco Gringoli

IEEE 802.11e standard defines two Medium Access Control (MAC) functions to support Quality of Service (QoS) for wireless local area networks: Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) and HCF Controlled Channel Access (HCCA). EDCA provides…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-02-12 Mohammed A. Al-Maqri , Mohamed Othman , Borhanuddin Mohd Ali , Zurina Mohd Hanapi

Efficient medium access control (MAC) is critical for enabling low-latency and reliable communication in industrial Machine-to-Machine (M2M) net-works, where timely data delivery is essential for seamless operation. The presence of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-24 Anwar Ahmed Khan , Indrakshi Dey

We have implemented interference alignment (IA) and joint transmission coordinated multipoint (CoMP) on a wireless testbed using the feedback compression scheme of the new 802.11ac standard. The performance as a function of the frequency…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-02-20 Per Zetterberg

We present our current work-in-progress on the design and implementation of a hybrid TDMA/CSMA medium access architecture, hereafter referred to as hMAC, which can be used on top of commercial IEEE 802.11 off-the-shelf hardware. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Sven Zehl , Anatolij Zubow , Adam Wolisz

Intentional interference constitutes a major threat for communication networks operating over a shared medium where availability is imperative. Jamming attacks are often simple and cheap to implement. In particular, today's jammers can…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-03-04 Andrea Richa , Christian Scheideler , Stefan Schmid , Jin Zhang

Energy-efficient medium access control (MAC) protocols remain critical in resource-constrained Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and IoT deployments, especially under mixed traffic patterns that combine event-driven and continuous monitoring…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Jesmine Damilola Omonori , Iyanu Tomiwa Durotola , Godspower Paul Osilama

This paper proposes a cross-layer based cognitive radio multichannel medium access control (MAC) protocol with TDMA, which integrate the spectrum sensing at physical (PHY) layer and the packet scheduling at MAC layer, for the ad hoc…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-09-28 S. M. Kamruzzaman

The fleet management of mobile working machines with the help of connectivity can increase not only safety but also productivity. However, rare mobile working machines have taken advantage of V2X. Moreover, no one published the simulation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-24 Yusheng Xiang , Tianqing Su , Xiaole Liu , Marcus Geimer

A new backward compatible WiFi amendment is under development by the IEEE bd Task Group towards the so-called IEEE 802.11bd, which includes the possibility to transmit up to three repetitions of the same packet. This feature increases time…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Wu Zhuofei , Stefania Bartoletti , Vincent Martinez , Alessandro Bazzi

This paper proposes and analyzes the performance of a simple frequency-agile CSMA MAC protocol. In this MAC, a node carrier-senses multiple frequency channels simultaneously, and it takes the first opportunity to transmit on any one of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-07-30 Soung Chang Liew , Jialiang Zhang , Chi-Kin Chau , Minghua Chen

The existing medium access control (MAC) protocol of Wi-Fi networks (i.e., carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA)) suffers from poor performance in dense deployments due to the increasing number of collisions and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Jiantao Xin , Wensen Xu , Yucheng Cai , Taotao Wang , Shengli Zhang , Peng Liu , Ziyang Guo , Jiajun Luo

One of the major challenges in the medium access control (MAC) protocol design over cognitive Ad Hoc networks (CAHNs) is how to efficiently utilize multiple opportunistic channels, which vary dynamically and are subject to limited power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-03 Yichen Wang , Pinyi Ren , Qinghe Du , Chao Zhang

Dynamic Channel Bonding (DCB) allows for the dynamic selection and use of multiple contiguous basic channels in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). A WLAN operating under DCB can enjoy a larger bandwidth, when available, and therefore…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-09-02 Azadeh Faridi , Boris Bellalta , Alessandro Checco

Wi-Fi plays a crucial role in connecting electronic devices and providing communication services in everyday life. Recently, there has been a growing demand for services that require low-latency communication, such as real-time…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Seungmin Lee , Changmin Lee , Si-Chan Noh , Joonsoo Lee

This paper presents comparison of Access Techniques used in Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). Comparison is performed between Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-04-04 N. Javaid , I. Israr , M. A. Khan , A. Javaid , S. H. Bouk , Z. A. Khan

Multi-user spatial multiplexing combined with packet aggregation can significantly increase the performance of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). In this letter, we present and evaluate a simple technique to perform packet aggregation in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-07-27 Boris Bellalta , Jaume Barcelo , Dirk Staehle , Alexey Vinel , Miquel Oliver

Multi-link Operation (MLO), arguably the most disruptive feature introduced in IEEE 802.11be, will cater for delay-sensitive applications by using multiple radio interfaces concurrently. In this paper, we analyze the delay distribution of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Boris Bellalta , Marc Carrascosa , Lorenzo Galati-Giordano , Giovanni Geraci