Adaptive Coordination Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

—We propose Adaptive Coordination Protocol ACP, a lightweight protocol for distributed formation of a backbone over Heterogeneous Wireless Networks. ACP does not require any neighborhood information and consequently scales well with the number of nodes and network size. We present an analytical framework to study the performance of ACP. By making the nodes rotate the role of backbone nodes, we extend the life of the network.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ICC
• Authors: Vamsi Paruchuri, Arjan Durresi
• Keywords: Adaptive Coordination Protocol, Backbone Nodes, Communications, Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, ICC 2007