RMTS-a: A scheduling based MAC protocol with frame aggregation for multi-rate radios in an Ad Hoc network

The applications for MANETs have increased rapidly and today MANETs are capable of providing a variety of services. One of the major contributing factors is the availability of radios that are able to adapt to the channel conditions and can transmit at multiple data rates. A common approach for channel access is to employ a CSMA/CA based mechanism. However, these protocols tend to under perform at heavy loads or due to exposed/hidden nodes. One...