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Cognitive Radio Networks (CRN) have enabled us to efficiently reuse the underutilized radio spectrum. The MAC protocol in CRN defines the spectrum usage by sharing the channels efficiently among users. In this paper we propose a novel TDMA…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-01-18 Rajeev K. Shakya , Satyam Agarwal , Y. N. Singh , Nishchal K. Verma , Amitabha Roy

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

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

As chiplet-based integration and many-core architectures become the norm in high-performance computing, on-chip wireless communication has emerged as a compelling alternative to traditional interconnects. However, scalable Medium Access…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Ama Bandara , Abhijit Das , Fatima Rodriguez-Galan , Eduard Alarcon , Sergi Abadal

Extensive energy is consumed by Transceiver communication operation [1]. Existing research on MAC layer focuses to maximize battery-powered sensor node's life. Bottleneck of MAC layer protocol design for WBAN is to achieve high reliability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 A. Rahim , N. Javaid , M. Aslam , U. Qasim , Z. A. Khan

Wireless sensors networks performance are strictly related to the medium access mechanism. An effective one, require non-conventional paradigms for protocol design due to several constraints. An adequate equilibrium between communication…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-04-27 Lamia Chaari , Lotfi Kamoun

Communication is the main motive in any Networks whether it is Wireless Sensor Network, Ad-Hoc networks, Mobile Networks, Wired Networks, Local Area Network, Metropolitan Area Network, Wireless Area Network etc, hence it must be energy…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-04-05 Shweta Singh , Ravindara Bhatt

Distributed medium access control (MAC) protocols are proposed for wireless networks assuming that one-hop peers can periodically exchange a small amount of state information. Each station maintains a state and makes state transitions and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Ka Hung Hui , Dongning Guo , Randall A. Berry

Feasibility of using unlicensed spectrum for ultra reliable low latency communications (URLLC) is still a question for beyond 5G wireless networks. Low latency access to the channel and efficiently sharing spectrum among the multiple users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-15 Irshad A. Meer , Woong-Hee Lee , Mustafa Ozger , Cicek Cavdar , Ki Won Sung

Supporting real-time communications over Wireless networks (WSNs) is a tough challenge, due to packet collisions and the non-determinism of common channel access schemes like CSMA/CA. Real-time WSN communication is even more problematic in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Federico Terraneo , Paolo Polidori , Alberto Leva , William Fornaciari

In cognitive radio networks, spectrum sensing is a crucial technique to discover spectrum opportunities for the Secondary Users (SUs). The quality of spectrum sensing is evaluated by both sensing accuracy and sensing efficiency. Here,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2013-04-23 Yi Liu , Shengli Xie , Rong Yu , Yan Zhang , Chau Yuen

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

With the ubiquitous sensing enabled by wireless sensor network technologies, Internet of Things (IoT) is developed to many areas of modern day living. The inexpensive IoT devices and platforms capable of wireless communications enable the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-12-28 Tanmay Chaturvedi , Kai Li , Chau Yuen , Abhishek Sharma , Linglong Dai , Meng Zhang

By combining the features of CSMA and TDMA, fully decentralised WLAN MAC schemes have recently been proposed that converge to collision-free schedules. In this paper we describe a MAC with optimal long-run throughput that is almost…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-09-19 Minyu Fang , David Malone , Ken R. Duffy , Douglas J. Leith

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

In large-scale resource-constrained wireless networks, such as those prevalent in the Internet of Things (IoT), efficient communication scheduling remains a critical challenge. Among the various approaches, Time Division Multiple Access…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Hicham Lakhlef , Mohamed Ali Zormati , Khaled Abid , Toufik Ahmed

In dynamic wireless ad-hoc networks (DynWANs), autonomous computing devices set up a network for the communication needs of the moment. These networks require the implementation of a medium access control (MAC) layer. We consider MAC…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-08-30 Pierre Leone , Elad M. Schiller

Parking sensor network is rapidly deploying around the world and is regarded as one of the first implemented urban services in smart cities. To provide the best network performance, the MAC protocol shall be adaptive enough in order to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-07-25 Trista Lin , Hervé Rivano , Frédéric Le Mouël

To support future diverse applications, multi-link operation (MLO) has been introduced in the Wi-Fi 7 standard (IEEE 802.11be) to enable concurrent communication over multiple frequency bands. This new capability relies on a two-tier medium…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Zhang Liu , Xianbin Wang , Shumin Lian , Lianfen Huang , Liqun Fu , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

Relay-assisted cooperative wireless communication has been shown to have significant performance gains over the legacy direct transmission scheme. Compared with single relay based cooperation schemes, utilizing multiple relays further…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Pei Liu , Chun Nie , Thanasis Korakis , Elza Erkip , Shivendra Panwar , Francesco Verde , Anna Scaglione