Performance of IEEE 802.11 over fiber at MAC layer employing GPON architecture

Author

Zin, Affida M. ; Idrus, Sevia M. ; Zulkifli, Nadiatulhuda

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

17-19 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Wireless networks nowadays demand for high speed, mobility and capacity due to the advance of computer technology. The integration of wireless and optical fiber technology is capable to support these requirements. This paper presents the analysis of the adoption of fiber with GPON architecture into the wireless network which is feasible to be developed into a building. We measure the performance of IEEE 802.11 throughput at the MAC layer when Basic Access Method and RTS/CTS Method was used. The throughput performances are identical for all fiber length; which ~4.0 Mbps for Basic Access and ~3.9 Mbps for RTS/CTS method.

Keywords

access protocols; mobile radio; optical fibre LAN; passive optical networks; radio access networks; radio-over-fibre; wireless LAN; GPON architecture; IEEE 802.11 over fiber; MAC layer; RTS-CTS method; access method; computer technology; optical fiber technology; wireless network; wireless technology; Integrated optics; Lead; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics (ICP), 2011 IEEE 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kata Kinabalu

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-265-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-61284-263-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICP.2011.6106844

Filename

6106844