A MAC protocol for a wireless LAN based on OFDM-CDMA

Author

Cuomo, Francesca ; Baiocchi, Andrea ; Cautelier, Roberto

Author_Institution

Rome Univ., Italy

Volume

38

Issue

9

fYear

2000

fDate

9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

159

Abstract

Local access encompasses requirements of high throughput, transfer performance, flexibility, and ease of user/terminal mobility at a relatively low cost. While some of these targets can often be met satisfactorily with wired infrastructures, it is getting increasingly popular to resort to wireless access (wireless LAN), mainly because of its simpler deployment, continuous coverage, availability of ad hoc connectivity, and user/terminal mobility support. This article outlines the proposal of a broadband quality-oriented WLAN system. The basic system characteristics are described, with details given on a MAC protocol supporting IP and exploiting an OFDM-CDMA technique

Keywords

OFDM modulation; access protocols; broadband networks; code division multiple access; land mobile radio; wireless LAN; IP; MAC protocol; OFDM-CDMA; ad hoc connectivity; broadband quality-oriented WLAN system; continuous coverage; high throughput; local access; network availability; system characteristics; transfer performance; user/terminal mobility; wireless LAN; wireless access; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Availability; Bandwidth; Costs; Media Access Protocol; Proposals; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.868155

Filename

868155