Mobile Communications Handbook, 3rd Edition

31

Wireless Network Protocols

 

     Renato Mariz de Moraes and Hamid R. Sadjadpour

31.1 Introduction

31.2 Medium Access Control Protocols

The Aloha Protocol

Pure Aloha

Slotted Aloha

Aloha with Random Backoff

The CSMA Protocol

1-Persistent CSMA

Nonpersistent CSMA

p-Persistent CSMA

CSMA/CA Protocol

31.3 Routing Protocols

Ad-Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing

Dynamic Source Routing Protocol

Optimized Link State Routing Protocol

Destination Sequenced Distance-Vector Protocol

31.4 Summary and Conclusion

References

Further Reading

31.1 Introduction

 

Wireless networks are characterized by nodes (or stations, or users) that are connected to each other by wireless links. Accordingly, one main feature of such networks is mobility which results in ...