DocumentCode
74737
Title
Efficient access to extended channel bandwidth in wireless LAN
Author
Stelter, A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Wireless Commun., Poznan Univ. of Technol., Poznan, Poland
Volume
49
Issue
21
fYear
2013
fDate
October 10 2013
Firstpage
1356
Lastpage
1358
Abstract
The channel bonding technique proposed in the IEEE 802.11ac draft makes it possible to multiply the physical layer data rate of the network. Unfortunately, the medium access control (MAC) protocol in 802.11ac that allocates the entire extended bandwidth to a single user at a time is very inefficient if the transmitted data frames are not sufficiently long. A partial bonding MAC (pbMAC) protocol is proposed that allocates only a part of the available bandwidth to a single user at a time. The simulation results show that the pbMAC gives a better utilisation of extended bandwidth than the MAC protocol in 802.11ac.
Keywords
access protocols; wireless LAN; wireless channels; IEEE 802.11ac draft; channel bonding technique; extended channel bandwidth; medium access control; partial bonding MAC protocol; pbMAC protocol; physical layer data rate; wireless LAN;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2013.2707
Filename
6651376
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