A new cache strategy of multicast and broadcast frames in 802.11-based wireless network

Author

Hu, Chenghua ; Fan, Hailiang ; Liu, Cheng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. & Software Eng., Univ. of Electron. & Sci. of Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2011

fDate

27-29 May 2011

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

22

Abstract

802.11-based wireless networks are widely used in the access network environment, so research on performance of wireless network has been popular. The multicast and broadcast frames cache strategy of access point (AP) in 802.11-based network are analyzed, and the transmission delay problem is addressed, because power-saving stations in wireless networks affect the network performance. To solve this problem, we propose an improved cache strategy of multicast and broadcast frames to enhance the network performance, and demonstrate the implementation of the new strategy. An improved strategy taking the place of the traditional one is proposed, and is verified by the simulations in a single BSS network environment.

Keywords

IEEE standards; broadcast channels; multicast communication; radio access networks; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; 802.11-based wireless network; access network environment; broadcast frame cache strategy; multicast frame cache strategy; power-saving stations; transmission delay problem; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Mobile communication; Simulation; Unicast; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Beacon; Cache Strategy; Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM); Multicast Frames; Wireless Local Area Networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Software and Networks (ICCSN), 2011 IEEE 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-485-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSN.2011.6013652

Filename

6013652