An IEEE 802.11n Based Multi-Channel MAC Protocol for Underground Metal Mine Wireless Network

Abstract:

At present, wireless communication networks obtain preliminary application in underground metal mines, but the problems of anti-interference ability and communication capability generally exist. With regard to this situation, this paper proposed an IEEE 802.11n based multi-channel MAC protocol (MC-MAC), which supports multi-channel dynamically switching by evaluating real time channel packet received rate. MC-MAC can improve wireless networks’ data throughput, anti-interference ability, and communication reliability. To evaluate the practical performance of MC-MAC, This paper designed and implemented an wireless access point based on IEEE 802.11n as testing platform, experimental results show that MC-MAC can provide 193Mbps physical links rate and improve network anti-interference ability effectively, it is suitable for underground metal mine applications.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 571-572)
• Pages: 428-432
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.571-572.428
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Feng Jin*, Xu Liu, Xiao Lv, Da Zhang
• Keywords: IEEE 802.11n, MC-MAC, Multi-Channel, Packet Received Rate

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