WinlabMadwifi -> Pipeline MAC paper Discussion Paper Title: = Cooperative Scheduling Via Pipelining in 802.11 Wireless Networks = Download [http://www.sigcomm.org/sigcomm2005/paper-KomRam.pdf pdf] == Motivation == * Per packet Micro-scheduling need firmware/hardware(MAC) upgrade * Macro-scheduling could be done in multiple packet basis peridodically, e.g 10ms. *such cooperative scheduling extensions can be supported using a new layer on top of the existing MAC layer. == Features of Scheme == * each node conducts "global scheduling" based on "load infomation" of all other nodes. * == Weakness == * not a solution for multi-hop * no solution for signalling loss, wrong scheduling automatically fades out in next cycle.