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A Dynamic Time Division Multiple Access Protocol for Airborne Networks
Received date: 2008-11-21
Revised date: 2009-02-21
Online published: 2010-07-28
Airborne network is a new sort of Ad hoc network, in which the nodes move fleetly and the topology changes rapidly. We describe a dynamic TDMA protocol for airborne networks. It can support unicast and broadcast synchronously, and use the RTS/CTS control packet to solve the hidden terminal problem. The new protocol divides the frame into two parts: the contention slots in the front and the data slots in the back. Every node uses the control minislots to contend the corresponding data slot to send a packet. At the same time it can apply for the idle or failing slots, and use the eliminate packet to solve the potential deadlock. Consequently, it will realize efficient bandwidth utilization. Finally, we used QualNet to simulate the new dynamic TDMA protocol and testify the superior performance of the new protocol.
Key words: airborne network;dynamic TDMA;QualNet
HAN Yong1,CHEN Qiang2,WANG Jianxin2 . A Dynamic Time Division Multiple Access Protocol for Airborne Networks[J]. Computer Engineering & Science, 2010 , 32(8) : 46 -49 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007130X.2010.
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