A Simulation Study of CSMA/CA Performance in 60 GHz WPANs

Author

Zhou, Wei ; Nandagopalan, Sai Shankar ; Qiao, Daji

Author_Institution

Iowa State Univ. Ames, Ames, IA, USA

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Recently, there has been an increasing interest in developing 60 GHz wireless personal area networks (WPANs) for short-range high-speed wireless communications. Both industrial and standardization organizations such as IEEE 802.15.3c and IEEE 802.11ad are making considerable efforts to bring the very high data rate (up to several Gbps) WPANs into reality. In this work, we develop an NS-2 extension for simulating 60 GHz WPANs, based on which we conduct a comprehensive simulation study to investigate the impacts of antenna directivity and CSMA/CA operation modes on the throughput of 60 GHz WPANs. Observations from extensive simulation results provide valuable insights and guidelines in designing future MAC schemes for 60 GHz WPANs with directional antennas.

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; directive antennas; personal area networks; CSMA/CA simulation; IEEE 802.11ad; IEEE 802.15.3c; NS-2 extension simulation; WPAN; antenna directivity; directional antennas; frequency 60 GHz; short-range high-speed wireless communications; wireless personal area networks; CMOS technology; Directional antennas; Frequency; Interference; Millimeter wave technology; Multiaccess communication; Personal area networks; Quality of service; Signal to noise ratio; Standardization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2009. GLOBECOM 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

1930-529X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4148-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2009.5425981

Filename

5425981