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ZTE Communications ›› 2010, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (2): 33-36.

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MAC Protocols for Distributed Cooperative Communication Networks

Sheng Min, Zhang Yan, Li Jiandong   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, P. R. China
  • Online:2010-06-25 Published:2020-02-27
  • About author:Sheng Min is a professor and doctoral advisor at the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University. Her main research fields include mobile communications, wireless ad hoc networks and cognitive radio networks. She has participated or led 10 state-level science research projects, published 2 technical books, and more than 60 papers among which 40 can be retrieved in SCI and EI.

    Zhang Yan is a doctoral candidate at the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University. His research interests include mobile communications and wireless ad hoc networks.

    Li Jiandong is a professor and doctoral advisor at the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University. His research interests include wireless ad hoc networks, broadband wireless mobile communications, software radio, and cognitive radio. He has participated or led 30 state-level science research projects, published 7 technical books, and more than 200 papers among which 160 can be retrieved in SCI and EI.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (“973”Program) under Grant No. 2009CB320404, National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (“863”Program) under Grant No. 2007AA01Z217, and National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60972048.

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Abstract: Distributed cooperative networks use the cooperation among nodes to fulfill network resource sharing. However, designing an efficient Media Access Control (MAC) protocol is a key issue for the distributed cooperative network. Based on the principle of MAC-layer cooperation, this paper discusses problems and challenges for MAC protocol design in the distributed cooperative network. Through the analysis of typical cooperative MAC protocols and their performance, this paper concludes that only a reasonable MAC protocol design with the features and demands of distributed networks taken into account can make cooperative communication technology a better application in the distributed network.