A reservation-based medium access control (MAC) protocol for reliable broadcasts in mobile ad hoc networks

In this paper we present RBRP, a TDMA-based distributed broadcast reservation medium access control (MAC) protocol for mobile ad hoc networks. Primary design goal of RBRP is robustness of broadcast reservations in the presence of reservation deadlocks and mobility. Specifically, RBRP is characterized by the following important features: (i) a two step signaling process in which the reservation signaling part is completely decoupled from the data portion of the frame, (ii) a multiple mini-slot reservation request phase within a reservation slot to prevent deadlocks, (iii) special signaling at the beginning of every data slot to adapt to topology changes

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