Characteristics of Frame Traffic in 802.11 Wireless Networks

Author

Ge, Xiaohu ; Yang, Yang

Author_Institution

Dept. Electron. & Inf. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

295

Lastpage

298

Abstract

In this paper, we analyze a real 802.11 wireless network frame traffic trace, collected from the ACM SIGCOMM 2004 Conference, by calculating its autocorrelation function and Hurst exponents at different time scales. We find this frame traffic trace has second-order self-similar characteristic. This in-depth knowledge of 802.11 wireless network frame traffic can effectively improve the efficiency and performance of network planning, resource management and MAC-layer algorithms.

Keywords

access protocols; computer network management; correlation methods; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; 802.11 wireless network; Hurst exponents; MAC-layer algorithm; autocorrelation function; frame traffic characteristics; network planning; resource management; second-order self-similar characteristic; Autocorrelation; Communication system traffic control; Contracts; Resource management; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; 802.11 networks; Characteristics; frame traffic; wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks, 2008. MSN 2008. The 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3457-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSN.2008.22

Filename

4721285