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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.2008.4.2.041

MMMP: A MAC Protocol to Ensure QoS for Multimedia Traffic over Multi-hop Ad Hoc Networks  

Kumar, Sunil (Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University)
Sarkar, Mahasweta (Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University)
Gurajala, Supraja (Computer Science, Clarkson University)
Matyjas, John D. (Air Force Research Laboratory)
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Journal of Information Processing Systems / v.4, no.2, 2008 , pp. 41-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we discuss a novel reservation-based, asynchronous MAC protocol called 'Multi-rate Multi-hop MAC Protocol' (MMMP) for multi-hop ad hoc networks that provides QoS guarantees for multimedia traffic. MMMP achieves this by providing service differentiation for multirate real-time traffic (both constant and variable bit rate traffic) and guaranteeing a bounded end-to-end delay for the same while still catering to the throughput requirements of non real time traffic. In addition, it administers bandwidth preservation via a feature called 'Smart Drop' and implements efficient bandwidth usage through a mechanism called 'Release Bandwidth'. Simulation results on the QualNet simulator indicate that MMMP outperforms IEEE 802.11 on all performance metrics and can efficiently handle a large range of traffic intensity. It also outperforms other similar state-of-the-art MAC protocols.
Keywords
Medium Access Control; MAC; Ad Hoc Networks; Multi Hop; QoS; Multimedia;
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