Title :
Analyzing and improving the IEEE 802.11-MAC protocol for wireless LANs
Author :
Weinmiller, Jost ; Woesner, Hagen ; Wolisz, Adam
Author_Institution :
Dept, of Electr. Eng., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
The MAC-part of the upcoming IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless LANs-named DFWMAC is based on a CSMA/CA-type access protocol with a rotating backoff window and an optional RTS/CTS message exchange. In this paper, following a short presentation of DFWMAC we present the results of our simulative analysis of DFWMAC focussing on analysis and improvements of the basic key mechanisms-the RTS/CTS message exchange and the backoff algorithm
Keywords :
IEEE standards; access protocols; local area networks; wireless LAN; CSMA/CA; DFWMAC; IEEE 802.11; MAC protocol; RTS/CTS message exchange; access protocol; backoff algorithm; message exchange; rotating backoff window; wireless LANs; Access protocols; Collision avoidance; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Physical layer; Proposals; Traffic control; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
Conference_Titel :
Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 1996. MASCOTS '96., Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7235-8
DOI :
10.1109/MASCOT.1996.501018
