On medium access control schemes for wireless networks in the millimeter-wave and Terahertz bands

Publication date: Available online 7 December 2018Source: Nano Communication NetworksAuthor(s): Chong Han, Xiaofei Zhang, Xudong WangAbstractMillimeter wave (mmW) and Terahertz band (THz) play important roles for future wireless communications to support ultra-high data rates. However, the high propagation loss and inherent directivity features pose critical challenges on the medium access control (MAC) protocol design to fully exploit their potential benefits, including deafness, control channel selection mechanism, line-of-sight (LoS) blockage, mobility management and spatial reuse strategy. To address these challenges, in-depth literature survey is conducted on MAC protocols for the mmW and THz bands wireless networks in this paper. A taxonomy of the MAC protocols based on their network...

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