Multi-channel MAC Protocol for Wireless Real-Time Communication

Sammanfattning: Embedded systems have become more complex and it is hard to predict the behavior of networkdue to its dynamic nature. Several devices can interact to perform highly sophisticated real-timetasks while having the demand of interaction and sharing of resources. The interactingcomponents in these systems have strict timing constraints which require time criticalcommunication.We have designed the DCC-EDF protocol for wireless communication using the motivation fromthe research done in optical communication. We have chosen dedicated control channel protocolbecause it does not require time synchronization. To provide real-time services, we will use theEarly Deadline First scheduling algorithm (EDF) because of its optimality and efficiency. Theperformance for the soft real-time traffic is analyzed through simulation.