OCA-MAC: A Cooperative TDMA-Based MAC Protocol for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

Cooperative communication is an effective method of improving the transmission performance for vehicular ad hoc networks. However, the rapid movement of vehicles leads to frequent changes in network topology and reduces the probability of successful data transmission on the medium access control (MAC) layer. In this paper, we propose an Optimal Cooperative Ad hoc MAC protocol (OCA-MAC) based on time division multiple access (TDMA). OCA-MAC utilizes multiple cooperative nodes to forward data, so as to improve the probability of successful data transmission. It chooses cooperative nodes according to direct successful transmission probability, communication range between potential helper node and destination node, and available time slot. Meanwhile, in order to avoid excessive transmission redundancy caused by multiple cooperative forwarding, the optimal number of cooperative forwarding nodes is obtained through analysis of a probabilistic model. Simulation results show that OCA-MAC improves the successful data transmission rate and reduces the number of transmission times and transmission delay compared to the multichannel TDMA MAC protocol (VeMAC) and the cooperative ad hoc MAC protocol (CAH-MAC).

[1]  Chuan Pham,et al.  An Efficient Time Slot Acquisition on the Hybrid TDMA/CSMA Multichannel MAC in VANETs , 2016, IEEE Communications Letters.

[2]  Rui Zou,et al.  A near collision free reservation based MAC protocol for VANETs , 2014, 2014 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC).

[3]  Weihua Zhuang,et al.  Performance analysis of cooperative ADHOC MAC for vehicular networks , 2012, 2012 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM).

[4]  Weihua Zhuang,et al.  CAH-MAC: Cooperative ADHOC MAC for Vehicular Networks , 2013, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

[5]  Luís Seabra Lopes,et al.  Self-configuration of an adaptive TDMA wireless communication protocol for teams of mobile robots , 2008, 2008 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation.

[6]  Xuemin Shen,et al.  A Distributed Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

[7]  Jianxin Wang,et al.  Receiver-driven fair congestion control for TCP outcast in data center networks , 2019, J. Netw. Comput. Appl..

[8]  Sen Liu,et al.  Task-aware TCP in Data Center Networks , 2017, 2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS).

[9]  Li Li,et al.  VeMAC: A TDMA-Based MAC Protocol for Reliable Broadcast in VANETs , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

[10]  Hai Le Vu,et al.  Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol for DSRC Safety Applications , 2011, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

[11]  Wensheng Tang,et al.  Reducing transport latency for short flows with multipath TCP , 2018, J. Netw. Comput. Appl..

[12]  Kai Niu,et al.  STDMA for vehicle-to-vehicle communication in a highway scenario , 2013, 2013 5th IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications.

[13]  Yuh-Shyan Chen,et al.  VC2-MAC: A two-cycle cooperative MAC protocol in vehicular networks , 2012, Comput. Commun..

[14]  Anis Laouiti,et al.  A Fully Distributed TDMA based MAC Protocol for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks , 2015 .

[15]  Jaesung Lim,et al.  TDMA-Based Cooperative MAC Protocol for Multi-Hop Relaying Networks , 2014, IEEE Communications Letters.

[16]  Xi Chen,et al.  A Latency and Coverage Optimized Data Collection Scheme for Smart Cities Based on Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks , 2017, Sensors.

[17]  Qian Chen,et al.  Directional Cooperative MAC Protocol Design and Performance Analysis for IEEE 802.11ad WLANs , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

[18]  Wenbo Wang,et al.  Opportunistic user cooperative relaying in TDMA-based wireless networks , 2010, Wirel. Commun. Mob. Comput..

[19]  Duc Ngoc Minh Dang,et al.  A Cooperative — Efficient — Reliable MAC protocol for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks , 2015, 2015 International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC).

[20]  Flaminio Borgonovo,et al.  ADHOC MAC: New MAC Architecture for Ad Hoc Networks Providing Efficient and Reliable Point-to-Point and Broadcast Services , 2004, Wirel. Networks.

[21]  Jie Li,et al.  Improving the Network Lifetime of MANETs through Cooperative MAC Protocol Design , 2015, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.

[22]  Weihua Zhuang,et al.  Distributed cooperative MAC for multihop wireless networks , 2009, IEEE Communications Magazine.

[23]  Xinming Zhang,et al.  A Black-Burst Based Time Slot Acquisition Scheme for the Hybrid TDMA/CSMA Multichannel MAC in VANETs , 2019, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

[24]  Xuelong Li,et al.  Adaptive Multimedia Data Forwarding for Privacy Preservation in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks , 2017, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

[25]  Qian Zhang,et al.  VC-MAC: A Cooperative MAC Protocol in Vehicular Networks , 2009, IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol..

[26]  Chen-Khong Tham,et al.  CCMAC: coordinated cooperative MAC for wireless LANs , 2008, MSWiM '08.

[27]  Chansu Yu,et al.  A Cooperative Diversity-Based Robust MAC Protocol in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks , 2011, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.

[28]  Hamid Gharavi,et al.  Cooperative Vehicular Networking: A Survey , 2018, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

[29]  Jin Zhang,et al.  VC-MAC: A Cooperative MAC Protocol in Vehicular Networks , 2009, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

[30]  Hye-Jin Kim,et al.  Deep Learning-Based Data Storage for Low Latency in Data Center Networks , 2019, IEEE Access.

[31]  Hussein Zedan,et al.  A comprehensive survey on vehicular Ad Hoc network , 2014, J. Netw. Comput. Appl..

[32]  Weihua Zhuang,et al.  The Mobility Impact in IEEE 802.11p Infrastructureless Vehicular Networks , 2010, 2010 IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference - Fall.

[33]  Zhou Shijie,et al.  Data Transmission Using IoT in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks in Smart City Congestion , 2019, Mob. Networks Appl..

[34]  Choong Seon Hong,et al.  HER-MAC: A Hybrid Efficient and Reliable MAC for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks , 2014, 2014 IEEE 28th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications.