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Classifications of MAC Protocols

The document classifies MAC protocols into several categories: contention-based protocols which are either sender-initiated or receiver-initiated; contention-based protocols with reservation mechanisms which can be synchronous or asynchronous; and contention-based protocols with scheduling mechanisms which schedule nodes fairly and consider priorities and battery characteristics. It also discusses some other MAC protocols including MMAC, MCSMA, PCM, RBAR and ICSMA which use multiple channels, vary transmission power levels, or interleave channels.

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Classifications of MAC Protocols

The document classifies MAC protocols into several categories: contention-based protocols which are either sender-initiated or receiver-initiated; contention-based protocols with reservation mechanisms which can be synchronous or asynchronous; and contention-based protocols with scheduling mechanisms which schedule nodes fairly and consider priorities and battery characteristics. It also discusses some other MAC protocols including MMAC, MCSMA, PCM, RBAR and ICSMA which use multiple channels, vary transmission power levels, or interleave channels.

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Classifications of MAC Protocols

Contention-based protocols
Sender-initiated protocols: Packet transmissions are
initiated by the sender node.
Single-channel sender-initiated protocols: A node that wins the contention
to the channel can make use of the entire bandwidth.
Multichannel sender-initiated protocols: The available bandwidth is divided
into multiple channels.
Receiver-initiated protocols: The receiver node initiates
the contention resolution protocol.
Contention-based protocols with reservation
mechanisms
Synchronous protocols: All nodes need to be synchronized.
Global time synchronization is difficult to achieve.
Asynchronous protocols: These protocols use relative time
information for effecting reservations.
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Classifications of MAC Protocols
Contention-based protocols with scheduling
mechanisms
Node scheduling is done in a manner so that all nodes
are treated fairly and no node is starved of bandwidth.
Scheduling-based schemes are also used for enforcing
priorities among flows whose packets are queued at
nodes.
Some scheduling schemes also consider battery
characteristics.
Other protocols are those MAC protocols that do
not strictly fall under the above categories.
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Other MAC Protocols
Multi-channel MAC Protocol (MMAC)
Multiple channels for data transmission
There is no dedicated control channel.
Based on channel usage channels can be classified into three
types: high preference channel (HIGH), medium preference
channel (MID), low preference channel (LOW)
Multi-channel CSMA MAC Protocol (MCSMA)
The available bandwidth is divided into several channels
Power Control MAC Protocol (PCM) for Ad Hoc Networks
Allows nodes to vary their transmission power levels on a per-packet basis
Receiver-based Autorate Protocol (RBAR)
Use a rate adaptation approach
Interleaved Carrier-Sense Multiple Access Protocol (ICSMA)
The available bandwidth is split into tow equal channels
The handshaking process is interleaved between the two channels.

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