在無線區域網路的範疇，IEEE 802.11是一個主要的媒介存取控制協定。然而在隨意式多跳接的網路中，IEEE 802.11面臨更嚴重的hidden terminal和exposed terminal problems，而這些問題主因都源自於過大的訊號干擾範圍與過大的訊號感應範圍。在這篇論文裡，我們提出一個可調式的媒介存取控制協定，針對IEEE 802.11 RTS/CTS handshake機制做簡單地修改，使得IEEE 802.11 devices可以依據週遭的傳收狀態動態調整自身的傳送和接收行為。實驗結果顯示我們的方法使原來的 802.11 減少了互相干擾的情形並且提升了系統的效能。

The IEEE 802.11 standard is the most popular Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for wireless local area networks. However, in multihop wireless ad hoc networks, the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol will suffer from more serious hidden terminal and exposed terminal problems than those in single hop WLANs. More specifically, it is due to the large interference range and the large carrier sensing range. In this thesis, we propose an adaptive IEEE 802.11 MAC (AMAC) that makes two simple modifications of IEEE 802.11 RTS/CTS handshake to dynamically adjust the transmission and reception according to the shared medium status near transmitter and receiver, respectively. Simulation results show that our method can lessen interferences and increase system throughput as compared with IEEE 802.11 MAC.

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