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Modifications in IEEE 802.11 to Prevent Collisions due to Interference in MANETs

by R. K. Manocha, R. P. Agarwal, Anoop Srivastava
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 50 - Number 17
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: R. K. Manocha, R. P. Agarwal, Anoop Srivastava
10.5120/7862-1112

R. K. Manocha, R. P. Agarwal, Anoop Srivastava . Modifications in IEEE 802.11 to Prevent Collisions due to Interference in MANETs. International Journal of Computer Applications. 50, 17 ( July 2012), 11-18. DOI=10.5120/7862-1112

@article{ 10.5120/7862-1112,
author = { R. K. Manocha, R. P. Agarwal, Anoop Srivastava },
title = { Modifications in IEEE 802.11 to Prevent Collisions due to Interference in MANETs },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { July 2012 },
volume = { 50 },
number = { 17 },
month = { July },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 11-18 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume50/number17/7862-1112/ },
doi = { 10.5120/7862-1112 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A R. P. Agarwal
%A Anoop Srivastava
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%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
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%P 11-18
%D 2012
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Collisions due to interference signal are frequent in multi-hop wireless networks. Interference signal can be reduced below a threshold level if all parallel transmitter-receiver pairs maintain a minimum of 'safe-distance' between them. A node observes a 'significant' sudden increase or decrease in its received signal whenever another node within its 'safe-distance' begins or ends its transmission. Thus, if any node observes a sudden increase in its received signal by more than the 'significant' value, it infers that another node within its 'safe-distance' has begun its transmission. Similarly, when any node observes a sudden decrease in its received signal by more than the 'significant' value, it infers that another node within its 'safe-distance' has completed its transmission. In this paper we propose a protocol where a node begins its transmission only if it has a minimum of 'safe-distance' from the nearest parallel transmitter-receiver pair, and compute the values of 'safe-distance' and the 'significant' change in received signal. We then propose modifications in IEEE 802. 11 protocol such that every node ensures a minimum of 'safe-distance' from the nearest transmitter-receiver pair before it begins its transmission. Analysis shows that when all receivers in the network have a Signal to Interference & Noise Ratio SINR ? ?, collisions due to interference can be completely prevented. It also brings out the situations where interference might exceed 1/?-N; however, the probability of interference exceeding 1/?-N lies between 0 and 0. 1577*10-5.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Wireless multi-hop networks Ad hoc networks