On the performance of full duplex wireless networks

Abstract

Half duplex radios use two separate frequency bands to enable simultaneous transmission and reception. Recently, full duplex radio that allows a wireless node to transmit and receive simultaneously in one frequency band was proposed. We propose a MAC protocol for full duplex radio networks, FDMAC, which is a simple and efficient protocol compatible with IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol. We analyze the performance of full duplex wireless networks with FD-MAC considering both the physical layer and the MAC layer.