A Cooperative Multicast Strategy in Wireless Networks

作者:Niu Binglai*; Jiang Hai; Zhao H Vicky
来源:IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2010, 59(6): 3136-3143.
DOI:10.1109/TVT.2010.2046431

摘要

Multicast is a bandwidth-efficient mechanism to provide wireless services for a group of terminals. Providing reliable wireless multicast is challenging due to packet loss and channel fading. In this research, we investigate the medium-access-control (MAC) layer cooperation to enhance the reliability of wireless multicast. We show that the optimal relaying strategy is a pure threshold policy, i.e., the optimal number of relays is bounded by a threshold. We also propose a simple and efficient algorithm to find the optimal time allocation for the direct and relay transmissions.

  • 出版日期2010-7