Performance evaluation of integrated video and data transmission with the IEEE 802.11 standard MAC protocol

Author

Suzuki, Takahiro ; Tasaka, Shuji

Author_Institution

Fac. of Social & Inf. Scis., Nihon Fukushi Univ., Handa, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

580

Abstract

This paper studies the performance of the IEEE 802.11 standard MAC protocol for integrated H.263 video and data transmission in a single BSA (basic service area) of an infrastructure network. Data traffic is transmitted with the DCF (distributed coordination function), while video transmission is carried out with the PCF (point coordination function). By simulation, we evaluate the throughput and average MPDU (MAC protocol data unit) delay for various values of the CFP (contention free period) repetition interval and the CFP maximum duration. Numerical results show that if the CFP repetition interval is set too long, video-delay performance deteriorates drastically. We also study how channel transmission errors affect the performance of the protocol

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; integrated voice/data communication; land mobile radio; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; CFP maximum duration; CFP repetition interval; DCF; H.263 integrated video data transmission; IEEE 802.11 standard MAC protocol; MAC protocol data unit delay; PCF; average MPDU delay; basic service area; channel transmission errors; contention free period; data traffic; distributed coordination function; infrastructure network; performance evaluation; point coordination function; throughput; video-delay; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Collision avoidance; Data communication; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeireo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5796-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.830114

Filename

830114