Title :
Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11
Author :
Foh, Chuan Heng ; Zukerman, Moshe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
This paper analyzes the performance of IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol under a disaster scenario. The performance is measured in terms of the recovery time and the throughput of the protocol when a network disaster occurs. To make the problem amenable to analysis, some approximations are used, and a new technique to collapse a very large state space is introduced. The analytical results are found to agree with simulations
Keywords :
IEEE standards; access protocols; carrier sense multiple access; disasters; probability; telecommunication standards; CSMA/CA; IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol; approximations; attempt probability; carrier sense multiple access; collision avoidance; network disaster; performance evaluation; performance measurement; recovery time; simulations; state space; throughput; wireless LAN; Access protocols; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Information analysis; Media Access Protocol; Performance analysis; State-space methods; Switches; Throughput; Time measurement; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd
Conference_Location :
Rhodes
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6728-6
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2001.944497
