MAC performance improvement in UAV ad-hoc networks with full-duplex radios and multi-packet reception capability

Recent advances in interference cancellation and signal processing techniques can enable full-duplex radios and multi-packet reception (MPR) capability, which will have significant impacts on the medium access control (MAC) design. In this paper, we study the MAC design in UAV ad-hoc networks with full-duplex radios and MPR. To efficiently handle the highly mobile environment of a UAV ad-hoc network, a token-based technique is used for updating information in the network. The MAC scheme in the presence of perfect and imperfect channel state information are formulated as a combinatorial optimization problem and a discrete stochastic optimization problem, respectively. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed MAC.

[1]  Philip Levis,et al.  Achieving single channel, full duplex wireless communication , 2010, MobiCom.

[2]  Fambirai Takawira,et al.  A Hybrid Token-CDMA MAC Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks , 2008, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing.

[3]  Xiaoyan Hong,et al.  C-ICAMA, a centralized intelligent channel assigned multiple access for multi-layer ad-hoc wireless networks with UAVs , 2000, 2000 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference. Conference Record (Cat. No.00TH8540).

[4]  Timothy W. McLain,et al.  Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs , 2006, Proceedings of the IEEE.

[5]  Matti Latva-aho,et al.  On the Effect of Self-Interference Cancelation in MultiHop Wireless Networks , 2010, EURASIP J. Wirel. Commun. Netw..

[6]  V. Krishnamurthy,et al.  Adaptive MIMO antenna selection via discrete stochastic optimization , 2005, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

[7]  F. Richard Yu,et al.  Effective bandwidth of multimedia traffic in packet wireless CDMA networks with LMMSE receivers: a cross-layer perspective , 2006, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[8]  David Tse,et al.  Linear Multiuser Receivers: Effective Interference, Effective Bandwidth and User Capacity , 1999, IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory.

[9]  Zhu Han,et al.  Optimization of MANET connectivity via smart deployment/movement of unmanned air vehicles , 2009, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

[10]  Victor C. M. Leung,et al.  Cross-Layer Design for TCP Performance Improvement in Cognitive Radio Networks , 2010, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

[11]  Shigeru Shimamoto,et al.  QoS Constraint with prioritized frame selection CDMA MAC protocol for WSN employing UAV , 2010, 2010 IEEE Globecom Workshops.

[12]  Victor C. M. Leung,et al.  Distributed sender scheduling for multimedia transmission in wireless mobile peer-to-peer networks , 2009, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

[13]  Victor C. M. Leung,et al.  A novel multiple access scheme over multi-packet reception channels for wireless multimedia networks , 2007, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.