Distributed opportunistic scheduling for MIMO ad-hoc networks

Man On Pun, Weiyan Ge, Dong Zheng, Junshan Zhang, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

Distributed opportunistic scheduling (DOS) protocols are proposed for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) ad-hoc networks with contention-based medium access. The proposed scheduling protocols distinguish themselves from other existing works by their explicit design for system throughput improvement through exploiting spatial multiplexing and diversity in a distributed manner. As a result, multiple links can be scheduled to simultaneously transmit over the spatial channels formed by transmit/receiver antennas. Taking into account the tradeoff between feedback requirements and system throughput, we propose and compare protocols with different levels of feedback information. Furthermore, in contrast to the conventional random access protocols that ignore the physical channel conditions of contending links, the proposed protocols implement a pure threshold policy derived from optimal stopping theory, i.e. only links with threshold-exceeding channel conditions are allowed for data transmission. Simulation results confirm that the proposed protocols can achieve impressive throughput performance by exploiting spatial multiplexing and diversity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICC 2008 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Proceedings
Pages3689-3693
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventIEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2008 - Beijing, China
Duration: May 19 2008May 23 2008

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)0536-1486

Other

OtherIEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2008
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period5/19/085/23/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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