Adaptive Multimedia Packet Transmission for Broadband IEEE 802.11 Wireless Lans

Author

Wall, Joshua ; Khan, Jamil

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Newcastle Univ., NSW

fYear

2006

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The IEEE 802.11 suite of WLAN standards are evolving to support an increase in emerging broadband multimedia applications, with their popularity attributed to simple, scalable and cost effective wireless broadband communication infrastructure. However, the most widely deployed generation of 802.11x based MAC protocols provide limited support for multimedia traffic, as no guarantee is provided on the quality of service (QoS) that a particular type of traffic will receive. Furthermore, the legacy 802.11 MAC exhibits high protocol overhead due to control frames, channel access, and the probability of contention. This article presents an overview of MAC layer enhancements designed to provide QoS support and higher throughputs in next generation WLANs, including IEEE 802.11e and 802.11n standards. Comprehensive simulation results are provided using an OPNET simulation model

Keywords

access protocols; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; quality of service; wireless LAN; MAC protocols; OPNET simulation model; QoS; adaptive multimedia packet transmission; broadband IEEE 802.11; channel access; contention probability; control frames; multimedia traffic; quality of service; wireless LAN; Access protocols; Broadband communication; Communication standards; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Costs; Media Access Protocol; Quality of service; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0329-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2006.254141

Filename

4022335