An incremental multicast grouping scheme for mmWave networks with directional antennas

Hyunhee Park, Seunghyun Park, Taewon Song, Sangheon Pack

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Abstract

In millimeter wave wireless networks with directional antennas, the design of efficient multicast communications is one of the most challenging issues. In this letter, we propose an incremental multicast grouping (IMG) scheme where adaptive beamwidths are generated depending on the locations of multicast devices to maximize the sum rate of devices. We develop a simulator based on the IEEE 802.11ad MAC protocol. Simulation results demonstrate that the IMG scheme can improve the overall throughput by 28% to 79% compared with the conventional multicast schemes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6414579
Pages (from-to)616-619
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Communications Letters
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • IEEE 802.11ad
  • Multicast
  • directional antenna
  • mmWave

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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