Title :
A comparison of HIPERLAN/2 and IEEE 802.11a physical and MAC layers
Author :
Doufexi, Angela ; Armour, Simon ; Nix, Andrew ; Bull, David
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
At present, wireless local area networks (WLANs) supporting broadband multimedia communication are being developed and standardized. Two such standards are HIPERLAN/2, defined by ETSI BRAN and the IEEE´s 802.11a. These WLAN standards will provide data rates up to 54 Mbps (in a channel spacing of 20 MHz) in the 5.2 GHz band. In this paper, an overview of the the standards is presented together with software simulated physical layer performance results for each of the transmission modes defined in the two standards. Furthermore, the differences between the standards (protocol data unit-PDU-size, upper protocol layers etc.) and the effects on applications are discussed
Keywords :
IEEE standards; access protocols; multimedia communication; standardisation; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; 5.2 GHz; 54 Mbit/s; ETSI BRAN; HIPERLAN/2; IEEE 802.11a; MAC layer; WLAN; broadband multimedia communication; channel spacing; physical layer; protocol data unit; standardization; transmission modes; upper protocol layers; wireless local area networks; Application software; Broadband communication; Channel spacing; Multimedia communication; Physical layer; Protocols; Software performance; Software standards; Telecommunication standards; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Vehicular Technology, 2000. SCVT-200. Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6684-0
DOI :
10.1109/SCVT.2000.923334
