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IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
Print ISSN : 0916-8516
Special Section on Communication Quality in Wireless Networks
Cross-Layer Design for Exposed Node Reduction in Ad Hoc WLANs
Emilia WEYULUMasaki HANADAHidehiro KANEMITSUEun-Chan PARKMoo Wan KIM
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2018 Volume E101.B Issue 7 Pages 1575-1588

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Interference in ad hoc WLANs is a common occurrence as there is no centralized access point controlling device access to the wireless channel. IEEE 802.11 WLANs use carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) which initiates the Request to Send/Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) handshaking mechanism to solve the hidden node problem. While it solves the hidden node problem, RTS/CTS triggers the exposed node problem. In this paper, we present an evaluation of a method for reducing exposed nodes in 802.11 ad hoc WLANs. Using asymmetric transmission ranges for RTS and CTS frames, a cross-layer design is implemented between Layer 2 and 3 of the OSI model. Information obtained by the AODV routing protocol is utilized in adjusting the RTS transmission range at the MAC Layer. The proposed method is evaluated with the NS-2 simulator and we observe significant throughput improvement, and confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method. Especially when the mobile nodes are randomly distributed, the throughput gain of the Asymmetric RTS/CTS method is up to 30% over the Standard RTS/CTS method.

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