IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks

Author

Crow, Brian P. ; Widjaja, Indra ; Kim, Jeong Geun ; Sakai, Prescott T.

Author_Institution

Mitre Corp., USA

Volume

35

Issue

9

fYear

1997

fDate

9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

116

Lastpage

126

Abstract

The draft IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) specification is approaching completion. In this article, the IEEE 802.11 protocol is explained, with particular emphasis on the medium access control sublayer. Performance results are provided for packetized data and a combination of packetized data and voice over the WLAN. Our performance investigation reveals that an IEEE 802.11 network may be able to carry traffic with time-bounded requirements using the point coordination function. However, our findings suggest that packetized voice traffic must be handled in conjunction with an echo canceler

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; data communication; packet radio networks; performance evaluation; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; voice communication; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks; WLAN; draft specification; echo canceler; medium access control sublayer; packetized data; packetized data/voice communication; packetized voice traffic; performance results; point coordination function; protocol; time-bounded requirements; traffic; Automatic repeat request; Bit error rate; Costs; Cryptography; Forward error correction; Interference; Optical transmitters; Standards development; Telecommunication standards; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.620533

Filename

620533