Project Description

Towards Efficient Medium Access Control for Wireless Networks

The objective of this project is to improve the efficiency of random medium access control protocols. The approach is to employ efficient scheduling to amortize the high control overhead of medium access over a longer sequence of data frames. Fully distributed protocols will be developed to implement this approach.

June 1, 2008 ~ May 31, 2013

Project Team

• Shiwen Mao

• Yingsong Huang (graduated Mar 2013)

• Donglin Hu (graduated May 2012)

• Phillip Walsh (graduated May 2010)

• Yihan Li

Related Publications

• I.-K. Son, S. Mao, Y. Li, M. Chen, M.X. Gong, and T.S. Rappaport, “Frame-based medium access control for 5G wireless networks,” Springer MONET Journal, Special Issue on Networking in 5G Mobile Communications Systems: Key Technologies and Challenges, vol.20, no.6, pp.763-772, Dec. 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s11036-014-0565-0.

• Y. Huang, P.A. Walsh, Y. Li, and S. Mao, “A distributed polling service-based MAC protocol testbed,” Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems, vol.27, no.12, pp.3901-3921, Dec. 2015. DOI: 10.1002/dac.2584.

• Y. Huang, S. Mao, and Y. Li, “On downlink power allocation for multiuser variable-bit-rate video streaming,” Wiley Security and Communication Networks, Special Issue on Security in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks with Advanced QoS Provisioning, vol.6, no.4, pp.485-497, Apr. 2013. DOI: 10.1002/sec.642.

• Y. Huang, P. Walsh, Y. Li, and S. Mao, “A distributed polling service-based medium access control protocol testbed,” in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, Chapter 2, pp.23-51, H. Zhou (editor). Shanghai, China: InTech, Dec. 2012. ISBN: 980-953-307-594-0.

• Y. Xu and S. Mao, “On interference alignment in multi-user OFDM systems,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2012, pp.5339-5344, Anaheim, CA, December 2012.

• Y. Huang, S. Mao, and Y. Li, “A majorization approach to downlink multiuser VBR video streaming,” Elsevier Computer Communications, Special Issue on Smart and Interactive Ubiquitous Multimedia Services, vol.35, no.15, pp.1828-1837, Sept. 2012. DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2012.01.020.

• Y. Xu, S. Mao, and X. Su, “On adopting Interleave Division Multiple Access to two-tier femtocell networks: The uplink case,” in Proc. IEEE ICC 2012, pp.591-595, Ottawa, Canada, June 2012.

• D. Hu and S. Mao, "A sensing error aware MAC protocol for cognitive radio networks," ICST Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications, vol.12, no.7/9, pp.e1, Aug. 2012. (12 pages, doi: 10.4108/mca.2012.07-09.e1)

• M. Li, J. Harris, M. Chen, S. Mao, Y. Xiao, W. Read, and B. Prabhakaran, “Architecture and protocol design for a pervasive robot swarm communication networks,” Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Special Issue on Wireless Monitoring and Control, vol.11, no.8, pp.1092-1106, Aug. 2011.

• S. Mao, Y. Li, P. Agrawal, and S.F. Midkiff, “Toward efficient wireless medium access control,” invited book chapter, Chapter 4 in Handbook on Sensor Networks, pp.66-96, Y. Xiao, H. Chen, and F.H. Li (editors). Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Company, Aug. 2010.

• Y. Huang, S. Mao, and S.F. Midkiff, “A control-theoretic approach to rate control for streaming videos,’’ IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Special Issue on Quality-Driven Cross-Layer Design for Multimedia Communications, vol.11, no.6, pp.1072-1081, Oct. 2009.

• M. Chen, T. Kwon, S. Mao, and V.C.M. Leung, “Spatial temporal relation-based energy-efficient reliable routing protocol in wireless sensor networks,” International Journal of Sensor Networks, Special Issue on Interdisciplinary Design of Algorithms and Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks, vol.5, no.3, pp.129-141, July 2009.

• I.-K. Son, S. Mao, and S.-M. Hur, “Medium access control for opportunistic concurrent transmissions under shadowing channels,” invited paper, MDPI Sensors Journal, Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications, vol.9, no.6, pp.4824-4844, June 2009.

• M. Chen, V.C.M. Leung, and S. Mao, “Directional controlled fusion in wireless sensor networks,” ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications Journal (MONET), Special Issue on New Advances in Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, vol.14, no.2, pp.220-229, Apr. 2009. 

• M. Chen, V.C.M. Leung, S. Mao, and T. Kwon, "Receiver-oriented load-balancing and reliable routing in wireless sensor networks," Wiley Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal (WCMC), Special Issue on Distributed Systems of Sensors and Applications, vol.9, no.3, pp.405-416, Mar. 2009.

• S.-M. Hur, S. Mao, Y.T. Hou, K. Nam, and J.H. Reed, “On exploiting location information for concurrent transmission in multi-hop wireless networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.58, no.1, pp.314-323, Jan. 2009.

• X.M. Gong, S.F. Midkiff, and S. Mao, “On-demand routing and channel assignment in multi-channel mobile ad hoc networks,” Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, vol.7, no.1, pp.63-78, Jan. 2009.

• Y. Li, S. Mao, S.S. Panwar, and S.F. Midkiff, “On the performance of polling service-based wireless MAC protocols,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.7, no.11, pp.4635-4645, Nov. 2008.

• I.-K. Son, S. Mao, M.X. Gong, and Y. Li, “On frame-based scheduling for directional mmWave WPANs,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2012, Orlando, FL, Mar. 2012, pp. 2149-2157.

• Y. Huang, P. Walsh, Y. Li, and S. Mao, “A GNU Radio testbed for distributed polling service-based medium access control,” in Proc. IEEE MILCOM 2011,  Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2011, pp. 519-524.

• M.X. Gong, D. Akhmetov, R. Want, and S. Mao, “Multi-user operation in mmWave wireless networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC 2011, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011, pp.1-6.

• M.X. Gong, D. Akhmetov, R. Want, and S. Mao, “Directional CSMA/CA protocol with spatial reuse for mmWave wireless networks,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, Dec. 2010 pp.1-5.

• M.X. Gong, E. Perahia, R. Stacey, R. Want, and S. Mao, “A CSMA/CA MAC protocol for multi-user MIMO wireless LANs,” in Proc.  IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, Miami, FL, Dec. 2010, pp.1-6.

• M.X Gong, E. Perahia, R. Want, and S. Mao, “Training protocols for multi-user MIMO wireless LANs,” in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2010, pp.1218-1223.

• M.X. Gong, R. Stacey, D. Akhmetov, and S. Mao, “A directional CSMA/CA protocol for mmWave wireless PANs,” in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2010, Sydney, Australia, Apr. 2010, pp.1-6.

• D. Hu and S. Mao, “Design and analysis of a sensing error-aware MAC protocol for cognitive radio networks,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Honolulu, HI, Nov./Dec., 2009, pp. 5514-5519.

• Y. Huang and S. Mao, “Analysis and design of a proportional-integral rate controller for streaming videos,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Honolulu, HI, Nov./Dec., 2009, pp. 5530-5535.

• M. Chen, V.C.M. Leung, S. Mao, and M. Li, “Energy-efficient itinerary planning for mobile agents in wireless sensor networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 2009, pp.1-6.

• Y. Li, S. Mao, and S.S. Panwar, “PSMAC: Polling service-based medium access control for wireless networks,” in Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), pp.1-10, Limassol, Cyprus, April 2007.

We acknowledge the generous support from our sponsor

• National Science Foundation

This work is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant ECCS-0802113. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundation.