Performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11a wireless LANs in the presence of ultra-wideband interference

Author

Borah, Deva K. ; Jana, Rittwik ; Stamoulis, Anastasios

Author_Institution

Klipsch Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

16-20 March 2003

Firstpage

83

Abstract

The performance of an IEEE 802.11a wireless receiver, in the presence of multiple users transmitting ultra-wideband (UWB) interfering signals, is evaluated. The frequency band of interest for the 802.11a system is 5.21-5.23 GHz. The coexistence of the two systems is characterized in terms of 802.11a receiver´s bit error rates and throughputs. Our simulations indicate that UWB interferers can cause severe degradation in the attainable throughput of the 802.11a system. However, as the UWB interferers move away from the 802.11a receivers, so does their negative effect on the throughput performance of the 802.11a system.

Keywords

IEEE standards; broadband networks; error statistics; radiofrequency interference; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11a; bit error rates; frequency band; throughputs; ultra wideband interference; wireless LAN; wireless receivers; Bit error rate; Degradation; Interference; Local area networks; OFDM; Personal area networks; Throughput; Traffic control; Ultra wideband technology; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200324

Filename

1200324