A simple model of IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN

Author

Haitao Wu ; Peng, Yong ; Long, Keping ; Cheng, Shiduan

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab of Switching Technol. & Telecommun. Networks, Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

514

Abstract

In IEEE project 802, the 802.11 medium access control (MAC) is used to support asynchronous and time bounded delivery of radio data packets. A distributed coordination function (DCF), which is a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) with exponential backoff, is the basis of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN MAC protocols. This paper proposes an analytical model to compute the saturated throughput of 802.11 DCF, that is, both the basic access mechanism and the optional RTS/CTS mechanism. Compared with other models, this model is shown to be able to follow the behavior of 802.11 more accurately, which is verified by elaborate simulations

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; carrier sense multiple access; digital simulation; packet radio networks; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; CSMA/CA; IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN; MAC protocol; MAC protocols; RTS/CTS mechanism; access mechanism; analytical model; carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance; distributed coordination function; exponential backoff; medium access control; radio data packets; saturated throughput; simulations; Access protocols; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Media Access Protocol; Mobile computing; Multiaccess communication; Physical layer; Radio control; Throughput; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Info-tech and Info-net, 2001. Proceedings. ICII 2001 - Beijing. 2001 International Conferences on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7010-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICII.2001.983630

Filename

983630