业务穿越ATM-PON的延时和延时变化研究

ATM-PON是光纤接入网的重要技术。文章研究了业务穿越ATM-PON接入网的延时和延时变化性能，着重分析媒体接入控制协议对业务延时和延时变化性能的影响。研究结论对ATM-PON媒体接入控制协议的合理设计有很大的帮助。     

基于多信道预约可冲突避免的多址接入协议

本文为多跳分布多无线网络提出了一套灵活而有效的自适应获取冲突避免（AACA）的多址接入协议。在该协议中，各节点竞争公共信道，利用RTS/CTS对话形式来预约各业务信道，成功预约后的分组传输不会受到其他节点的干扰。它使用任意确定数目信道，以异步方式工作，并且使得各节点利用半双工无线电台就可以灵活、简便地实现资源预约。分析和比较结果说明，所提出的多信道预约协议可以有效地解决隐藏终端、暴露终端以及侵入终端的问题。     

An Adaptive Generalized Transmission Protocol for Ad Hoc Networks

Wireless networking and group communication in combination allows groups of dispersed mobile users to collaborate. This paper presents AGENT, a medium access control (MAC) protocol that unifies point-to-point and multi-point transmission services to facilitate group communication in ad hoc networks. Analysis and experiments performed in a simulated ad hoc network demonstrate that AGENT exhibits reliable and stable performance with high spatial bandwidth reuse. Moreover, variation in the proportion of point-to-point and multi-point traffic is shown to have little impact on the overall performance of AGENT. Comparison with the other tested MAC protocols reveals that the performance of AGENT is superior, achieving higher channel utilization and lower access delay.     

无线Ad hoc 网络及其研究难点

无线Ad hoc网络作为没有基础设施的网络，在军事和民用方面具有广阔的应用前景，是目前网络研究中的热点问题。本文对无线Ad hoc网络进行了详细的论述，指出了目前研究中存在的一些难点。     

以太网MAC层IP软核设计方法研究

主要论述了在SOC产品开发中如何设计以太网MAC层IP软核.针对目前以太网MAC层IP软核设计的实际情况,分析了三种常用的IP软核设计方法的优缺点,提出了一种改进的U型IP软核设计方法.并运用此方法先对以太网MAC层IP软核进行层次化的自顶而下设计,再对其进行自底而上地实现与集成,最后得到该IP软核整体.经过对该软核的测试与结果分析,验证了其能够实现以太网MAC层协议功能,达到了设计目标.该研究将对今后的以太网MAC层IP软核及相关产品开发具有重要的参考价值.     

IEEE802.11与高级红外无线AIr MAC协议的性能比较

红外线作为室内通信无线传输媒质,具有低成本、低功耗等特点.本文描述 了IEEE 802.11红外局域网媒质访问控制协议（MAC）和红外数据协会（IrDA）提出的高级红外媒质访问控制层协议（AIr MAC）;研究了两种协议性能估计模型并利用OPNET仿真工具对IEEE 802.11 MAC与高级红外AIr MAC接入性能进行了仿真验证.通过对两种MAC协议接入方式、吞吐量性能估计模型以及吞吐量性能仿真结果进行比较分析,总结了IEEE 802.11红外局域网媒质接入协议和高级红外媒质接入协议之间的不同之处.     

Mobile ad hoc networking: imperatives and challenges

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) represent complex distributed systems that comprise wireless mobile nodes that can freely and dynamically self-organize into arbitrary and temporary, “ad-hoc” network topologies, allowing people and devices to seamlessly internetwork in areas with no pre-existing communication infrastructure, e.g., disaster recovery environments. Ad hoc networking concept is not a new one, having been around in various forms for over 20 years. Traditionally, tactical networks have been the only communication networking application that followed the ad hoc paradigm. Recently, the introduction of new technologies such as the Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 and Hyperlan are helping enable eventual commercial MANET deployments outside the military domain. These recent evolutions have been generating a renewed and growing interest in the research and development of MANET. This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of this dynamic field. It first explains the important role that mobile ad hoc networks play in the evolution of future wireless technologies. Then, it reviews the latest research activities in these areas, including a summary of MANET’s characteristics, capabilities, applications, and design constraints. The paper concludes by presenting a set of challenges and problems requiring further research in the future.     

MAC层的多媒体同步研究

以往的协议主要针对有线环境,要求数据无差错实时地传输,而在无线环境下,满足该要求的代价非常大。首先介绍多媒体同步的概念,以及要求,指出在未来无线通信环境中,进行MAC层同步的必要性;然后提出协议,通过仿真分析,结果表明新协议能够较好地满足未来移动通信的需要。     

Exploiting path diversity in the link layer in wireless ad hoc networks

We develop an anycast mechanism at the link layer for wireless ad hoc networks. The goal is to exploit path diversity in the link layer by choosing the best next hop to forward packets when multiple next hop choices are available. Such choices can come from a multipath routing protocol, for example. This technique can reduce transmission retries and packet drop probabilities in the face of channel fading. We develop an anycast extension of the IEEE 802.11 MAC layer based on this idea. We implement the protocol in an experimental proof-of-concept testbed using the Berkeley motes platform and S-MAC protocol stack. We also implement it in the popular ns-2 simulator and experiment with the AOMDV multipath routing protocol and Ricean fading channels. We show that anycast performs significantly better than 802.11 in terms of packet delivery, particularly when the path length or effect of fading is large. Further we experiment with anycast in networks that use multiple channels and those that use directional antennas for transmission. In these networks, deafness and hidden terminal problems are the main source of packet loss. We implemented anycast as extension of 802.11 like protocols that were proposed for these special networks. We are able to show that anycast is capable of enhancing the performance of these protocols by simply making use of the path diversity whenever it is available.     

Energy considerations for topology-unaware TDMA MAC protocols

Since the energy budget of mobile nodes is limited, the performance of a networking protocol for such users should be evaluated in terms of its energy efficiency, in addition to the more traditional metrics such as throughput. In this paper, two topology-unaware MAC protocols—in which the scheduling time slots are allocated irrespectively of the underline topology—are considered and their energy consumption is derived. It turns out that the per frame power consumption is lower for the less throughput-efficient protocol, suggesting that energy savings are achieved at the expense of throughput.A finer energy consumption study is carried out in the sequel, focusing on the amount of energy consumed to successfully transmit a certain number of packets, or equivalently, on the per successful transmission power consumption. It is shown that the more throughput-efficient protocol consumes less energy per successful transmission under certain conditions (which are derived), due to the lower number of transmission attempts before a data packet is successfully transmitted. The same energy-efficiency relation is observed under certain conditions (which are derived) when data packets are delay constrained and, thus, may become obsolete if not transmitted successfully within a specific time interval. The conditions under which the per successful transmission power consumption is minimized for delay-constrained packets, are also established in this work and it is observed that when the system throughput is maximized, the power consumed is close to the minimum. Simulation results support the claims and the expectations of the aforementioned analysis.