Title :
An access protocol for a wireless home network
Author :
Gummalla, Ajay ; Limb, John
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Wireless technology is an attractive option to network devices in the home as it does not require rewiring the home. The media access protocol (MAC) plays a crucial role in allowing multiple devices to transmit and receive on the shared wireless medium and thereby determining the efficiency of a wireless home network (WiHN). It is found that many of the protocols proposed to date like the Distributed Foundation Wireless MAC (DFWMAC) in the IEEE 802.11 standard have poor performance at high data rates (100 Mbps). We modify the slotted-idle sense multiple access protocol and propose a simple and efficient MAC protocol which fits well with the WiHN architecture. We present a queuing analysis and simulation results of the performance of the wireless home network MAC (WiHNMAC) protocol
Keywords :
IEEE standards; access protocols; delays; digital simulation; home computing; multi-access systems; queueing theory; radio networks; telecommunication standards; 100 Mbit/s; DFWMAC; Distributed Foundation Wireless MAC; IEEE 802.11 standard; MAC protocol; WiHN architecture; delay performance; efficient MAC protocol; high data rates; home personal computer; media access control protocol; network devices; queuing analysis; shared wireless medium; simulation results; slotted-idle sense multiple access protocol; throughput performance; wireless home network MAC protocol; wireless home network architecture; wireless technology; Access protocols; Communication system security; Electronic mail; Firewire; Home automation; Home computing; Media Access Protocol; Queueing analysis; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 1999. WCNC. 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5668-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.1999.796966
