Impact of chaotic self-similar and Poisson traffics on WLAN token passing protocols

Author

Giovanardi, A. ; Mazzini, G.

Author_Institution

Ferrara Univ., Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

383

Abstract

The study of the impact of a self-similar traffic, with respect to that of a Poisson classical one, on ad-hoc Wireless LAN (WLAN) systems is performed. The self-similar traffic generation is obtained by using a chaotic system, with structural parameters varied in order to have different self-similarity degrees and activity factors, and to permit a correct comparison with the Poisson traffic. The WLAN systems considered are based on polling MAC protocols and on different packet delivery strategies. In the performance analysis, obtained by means of simulations, some simple models for channel impact, retransmission strategy and terminal mobility are taken into account

Keywords

Poisson distribution; access protocols; chaos; performance evaluation; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; MAC protocols; Poisson traffic; WLAN token passing protocols; activity factors; channel impact model; chaotic self-similar traffic; packet delivery strategies; performance analysis; retransmission strategy; self-similar traffic generation; terminal mobility; wireless LAN systems; Access protocols; Chaos; Character generation; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Relays; Structural engineering; Traffic control; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5482-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2000.857110

Filename

857110