Design and Implementation of a MAC protocol for Wireless Distributed Computing

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dc.contributor.authorBera, Soumavaen
dc.contributor.committeechairReed, Jeffrey H.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairDietrich, Carl B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVolos, Haris I.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:40:19Zen
dc.date.adate2011-06-28en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:40:19Zen
dc.date.issued2011-06-20en
dc.date.rdate2011-06-28en
dc.date.sdate2011-06-21en
dc.description.abstractThe idea of wireless distributed computing (WDC) is rapidly gaining recognition owing to its promising potential in military, public safety and commercial applications. This concept basically entails distributing a computationally intensive task that one radio device is assigned, among its neighboring peer radio devices. The added processing power of multiple radios can be harnessed to significantly reduce the time consumed in obtaining the results of the original complex task. Since the idea of wireless distributed computing depends on a radio device forming a network with its peers, it is imperative and necessary to have a medium access control (MAC) protocol for such networks which is capable of scheduling channel access by multiple radios in the network, ensuring reliable data transfer, incorporating rate adaptation as well as handling link failures. The thesis presented here elaborates the design and implementation of such a MAC protocol for WDC employed in a practical network of radio devices configurable through software. It also brings to light the design and implementation constraints and challenges faced in this endeavor and puts forward viable solutions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06212011-022747en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06212011-022747/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33678en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBera_S_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCSMA/CAen
dc.subjectPollingen
dc.subjectrate adaptationen
dc.subjectSoftware radioen
dc.subjectwireless distributed computingen
dc.subjectMACen
dc.subjectOSSIE Reliable data transferen
dc.titleDesign and Implementation of a MAC protocol for Wireless Distributed Computingen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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