Multi-channel access technology based on wavelength division multiplexing in wireless UV communication mesh network

Abstract

In this paper, the multi-channel access technology of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) in the wireless ultraviolet (UV) scattering communication is studied. A multi-interface and multi-channel device is deployed in each UV transceiver node. The band-pass filter is configured in the receiving node so as to realize the multi-channel access by use of the UV WDM technology. Both the UV communication node model and the UV channel model are established. Three types of UV no-line-of-sight (NLOS) multi-channel communications are simulated in the mesh topologies with NS2. The results show that the UV multi-channel access technology can increase network throughput effectively with using WDM.

Keywords

Medium Access Control / Wavelength Division Multiplex / Medium Access Control Protocol / Network Throughput / Medium Access Control Layer

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