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214 Use <strong>of</strong> Smart Antennas in <strong>Ad</strong> <strong>Hoc</strong> <strong>Networks</strong><br />

Figure 7.7. The Circular RTS message<br />

<strong>of</strong> this, in typical scenarios, the circular RTS message helps alleviate these<br />

problems to a large extent. The unfairness in access seen with DMAC is also<br />

reduced to a large extent.<br />

The circular RTS is also extremely useful in tracking neighbors in mobile<br />

conditions. Since the node transmits the RTS message in all possible directions,<br />

even if a neighbor has moved, it can still possibly hear the RTS message <strong>and</strong><br />

respond with a CTS message. Thus, the new proposed medium access control<br />

scheme is robust under mobility to a large extent.<br />

One <strong>of</strong> pitfalls <strong>of</strong> using the circular RTS message is that there is an additional<br />

latency incurred with every transmission. If a neighbor were to successfully<br />

transmit an RTS message in all <strong>of</strong> the M possible directions (Figure 7.7), the<br />

time required is M times that required for a single RTS transmission. Furthermore,<br />

this scheme generates a significant amount <strong>of</strong> overhead by transmitting<br />

these multiple directional RTS messages. In spite <strong>of</strong> these limitations the use<br />

<strong>of</strong> the circular RTS is the only proposed scheme to date that reduces the effects<br />

<strong>of</strong> hidden terminals <strong>and</strong> deafness with directional antennas.<br />

7.3.8 Other Collision Avoidance MAC <strong>Protocols</strong><br />

There are other MAC protocols designed for use with directional antennas<br />

[3], [19], [20]. The protocols are similar to the ones described. The key ideas<br />

are based on nodes identifying the directions in which there are ongoing communications<br />

<strong>and</strong> supressing transmissions in those directions until the present<br />

communications are completed. While [3] suggests marking the antenna sector<br />

on which the transmission was received (sectorized antennas are assumed)

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