QoS supported MAC mechanism is a key issue for supporting QoS in wireless ad hoc networks. A new backoff algorithm, named RWBO＋BEB, was proposed previ- ously to decrease the packet collision probability significantly. In this paper, it is explored how to make RWBO＋BEB support service differentiation in wireless ad hoc networks, and a novel proportional service differentiation algorithm, named p-RWBO, is proposed to allocate the wireless bandwidth according to the band- width ratio of each station. In p-RWBO, station n＇s walking probability （Pw,n） is selected according to its allocated bandwidth ratio. An analytical model is proposed to analyze how to choose Pw, n according to the bandwidth ratios of station n. The simulation results indicate that p-RWBO can differentiate services in terms of both bandwidth and delay.
LONG KePingLI YunZHAO WeiLiangWANG ChongGangKazem SOHRABY
