A Survey On Mac Protocols For Wireless Multimedia Networks

This article presents a survey on medium access control protocols for wireless multimedia networks. Abasic overview of MAC protocol concepts is presented, and a framework is developed for comparisons.The MAC protocols covered in this article include Random Access protocols, Contention less protocols,TDMA CDMA, third-generation WCDMA schemes and Hybrid protocols proposed for wirelessMultimedia Networks. The operation of each protocol is explained, and its advantages and disadvantagesare presented. Finally, a qualitative comparative outline of the discussed protocols is provided.