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Cooperative clustering-based medium access control for broadcasting in vehicular ad-hoc networks

Journal

IET COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 8, Issue 17, Pages 3136-3144

Publisher

INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2014.0397

Keywords

vehicular ad hoc networks; cooperative communication; pattern clustering; access protocols; quality of service; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network topology; mathematical analysis; broadcasting; vehicular ad-hoc networks; VANET; wireless communication technologies; medium access control protocol; message safety; quality of service demands; QoS; wireless links; cooperative communication; cooperative clustering-based MAC protocol; CCB-MAC protocol; transmission reliability; broadcasting; idle slots; mathematical analysis

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61371081]

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Owing to the advancement of wireless communication technologies, the vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) has experienced a rapid development in recent years. However, it is challenging to design a reliable and efficient medium access control (MAC) protocol for safety messages with strict quality of service demands, owing to unreliable wireless links and frequent changes of topology. On the other hand, cooperative communication can enhance the reliability of wireless links by exploiting the spatial diversity. The authors present here a cooperative clustering-based MAC (CCB-MAC) protocol for VANETs, in order to improve the transmission reliability of safety messages. In CCB-MAC, the selected helpers relay the safety message to the nodes that have failed in reception during the broadcast period. In addition, cooperation is conducted in idle slots, without interrupting the normal transmission. Both mathematical analysis and numerical results demonstrate that CCB-MAC increases the successful reception rate of safety messages significantly.

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