Localized transmission scheduling for spatial multiplexing using smart antennas in wireless adhoc networks

In our paper, we investigate some MAC layer issues associated with the use of multiple-beam smart antennas at nodes in a distributed wireless ad-hoc network. We propose a transmitter-initiated on-demand MAC protocol that exploits the spatial parallelism in the transmission of packets at a node. We devise two MAC scheduling strategies in the one-hop neighborhood of a node, largest edge first (LEF) and largest degree node first (LDNF), that allow spatial parallelism to be exploited in the transmission as well as reception of packets. Our simulation results indicate that significant gain may be achieved through our scheduling strategies in a one-hop traffic bottleneck.