In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) there is no centralized supervision over the network operations. In such networks, it is\nimperative to have protocols that are implemented locally in a distributed manner. To achieve high network performance utilizing\nonly the wireless channels a distributed transmission-scheduling medium-access control (MAC) protocol is desirable. This type of\nprotocol can guarantee a certain level of quality of service (QOS) and works well in congested networks. However, the transmission\nschedules are often decided in advance and if a node does not have a packet to transmit in its assigned slot then the slot is unused.\nWe propose a protocol called recovering minislots transmission scheduling (RMTS) that salvages these unused transmission slots\nthat would have otherwise been wasted. We show that the proposed protocol produces significant improvements in network\nperformance over traditional transmission-scheduling approaches.
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