Title :
Throughput performance of WLANs operating at 5 GHz based on link simulations with real and statistical channels
Author :
Doufexi, Angela ; Armour, Simon ; Karlsson, Peter ; Nix, Andrew ; Bull, David
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
At present, wireless local area networks (WLANs) supporting broadband multimedia communication are being developed and standardized in the 5 GHz band. Two such standards are HIPERLAN/2, defined by ETSI BRAN, and the IEEE 802.11a. This paper presents the throughput performances of the two standards based on link simulations with real and statistical channels. Physical layer performance results are presented for real channel measurements and the impact of sectorised antennas at the access point is given for HIPERLAN/2
Keywords :
IEEE standards; access protocols; adaptive antenna arrays; broadband networks; carrier sense multiple access; land mobile radio; multimedia communication; telecommunication channels; telecommunication standards; time division multiple access; wireless LAN; HIPERLAN/2; IEEE 802.11a; WLANs; broadband multimedia communication; link simulations; physical layer performance; real channels; sectorised antennas; statistical channels; throughput performance; wireless local area networks; Antenna measurements; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Modulation coding; OFDM; Payloads; Physical layer; Telecommunication standards; Throughput; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd
Conference_Location :
Rhodes
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6728-6
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2001.944482
