Definition
The millimeter-wave (mmWave) medium access control (MAC) is a set of routines that regulate access to a common wireless communications medium in the mmWave frequency bands. MAC layer is part of layer 2 of the OSI model (Bertsekas and Gallager, 1992).The primary functions of this layer for mmWave wireless communications are the following:
Data encapsulation, including the frame assembly and error control;
Media access control, including initial frame transmission, retransmission in the case of failure, and flow control; and
Initial access, mobility management, and handover.
The first two items are common to MAC of any communication systems, and the last one is more specific for mmWave networks.
The choice of MAC protocol directly influences most performance measures, including end-to-end latency, network throughput, reliability, and energy efficiency, among others.
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Ghadikolaei, H.S., Fischione, C. (2018). Millimeter Wave MAC Layer. In: Shen, X., Lin, X., Zhang, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32903-1_117-1
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