A MAC-Layer Adaptation Algorithm Based On TCP Control Segment in Wireless LANs

Author

Xie, Honggang ; Yi, Benshun

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Inf., Wuhan Univ., Wuhan

fYear

2007

fDate

20-21 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

108

Abstract

Due to the link characteristics of wireless channel, the performance of TCP will decrease in VVLAN networks. In this paper, the adaptable parameter of 802.11 MAC-Layer is analyzed and the importance of the TCP control segment in transmission flow is discussed. Then a MAC-layer adaptation algorithm based on TCP control segment is proposed. The scheme can enhance the throughput capacity of TCP control segment in the wireless channel and improve the transmission reliability of TCP control segment, when there are access conflict and congestion in the wireless channel. So the transmission efficiency and reliability of TCP segments can be enhanced too. The evaluation result of the proposed scheme shows that the important gain in performance was obtained compared with that of traditional 802.11 MAC-Layer.

Keywords

telecommunication channels; television standards; transport protocols; wireless LAN; MAC-layer adaptation algorithm; TCP control segment; transmission flow; wireless LANs; wireless channel; Collision avoidance; Communication system control; Cross layer design; Design methodology; Multiaccess communication; Performance analysis; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; MAC; TCP control segment; adaptation algorithm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cross Layer Design, 2007. IWCLD '07. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Jinan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1283-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1284-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWCLD.2007.4379048

Filename

4379048