Title :
ARQ protocol for infrared wireless LANs: packet-level ACK or no-packet-level ACK?
Author :
Ozugur, Timucin ; Naghshineh, Mahmoud ; Kermani, Parviz ; Olsen, C. Michael ; Rezvani, Babak ; Copeland, John A.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Syst. Center, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
The use of packet-level acknowledgements in the infrared medium access control layer is discussed. Currently, infrared link access control protocols use go-back-N ARQ scheme. Any ARQ scheme is optional in the MAC layer. The advantages and disadvantages of using stop-and-Wait ARQ scheme in the medium access control layer as well as go-back-N ARQ in the link control layer are discussed. The system is compared to a system in which no ARQ scheme is used in the medium access layer. The performances of both systems are investigated in the presence of adaptive data rate mechanism
Keywords :
access protocols; automatic repeat request; optical communication; packet switching; wireless LAN; ARQ protocol; MAC layer; adaptive data rate mechanism; go-back-N ARQ; go-back-N ARQ scheme; infrared link access control protocols; infrared medium access control layer; infrared wireless LAN; link control layer; medium access layer; no-packet-level ACK; packet-level ACK; packet-level acknowledgements; system performance; Access control; Access protocols; Automatic repeat request; Bit rate; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Optical fiber communication; Physical layer; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5106-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733693
