Abstract—A new protocol must be developed to address the hidden and exposed layer and the collision among the nodes is the major challenging factor in Mobile Ad Hoc Network. Many protocols were addressed to solve the issues which were not able to give the permanent solution and still the Hidden Exposed nodes issue remains in the Mobile Adhoc Network. This article proposed the novel algorithm with the maintenance of Hidden and Exposed Table formation and Mutual Exclusion Request to Transmit (MERT), Mutual Exclusion Release (MER) signal to support the MAC (Medium Access Control) layer. Every node maintains the Hidden and exposed table using the Mutual Exclusion Medium access algorithm in each beacon signal. When a node wants to transmit a packet to another node, it finds the hidden and exposed nodes from the hidden and exposed table, and sends a Mutual Exclusion Request signal to all of the hidden and exposed nodes, instructing them not to transmit the packet until the Mutual Exclusion Release is received. The proposed work named as ME-Mutual Exclusion, Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol were implemented with the NS2.34 and results are compared with the traditional Nullifying Medium Access Control (NULLMAC) protocol, Receiver Dual Busy Tone Multiple Access (RDBTMA) protocol, WiCCP protocol WiMARK protocol, CAD-CW protocol, Contention-Free cooperative -Medium Access Protocol (CFC-MAC) protocol moreover the result achieves the proposed work attain the maximum Packet Delivery Ratio of 60%, less End to end Delay from 0 to 75ms and better Throughput.


Keywords—Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET), Mutual Exclusion Medium Access Control (ME-MAC) protocol, Mutual Exclusion Request to Transmit (MERT), Mutual Exclusion Release (MER).

Cite: S. Hemalatha, Komala C. R., Suresh Balakrishnan T., Lakshmana Phaneendra Maguluri, Harikumar Pallathadka, and Rajesh P. Chinchewadi, “Please Use a three-wire Watch a Novel Protocol Designed for Addressing Hidden and Exposed Layer Issues in the Medium Access Control Layer of Mobile Adhoc Network," Journal of Communications, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 287-297, 2024.



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