IEEE 802.11 DCF based MAC protocols for multiple beam antennas and their limitations

Author

Jain, Vivek ; Gupta, Anurag ; Lal, Dhananjay ; Agrawal, Dharma P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Comput. Eng. & comput. Sci.,, Cincinnati Univ., OH

fYear

2005

fDate

7-7 Nov. 2005

Lastpage

474

Abstract

Multiple beam antennas can receive (or transmit) data on multiple beams simultaneously. The aim of this paper is to show the limitations of using IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function (DCF) based schemes for medium access control (MAC) in such antennas. We provide four different variants of IEEE 802.11 DCF based on-demand protocols to study this phenomenon. Our simulation results and analyses emphasize the need to develop a novel MAC protocol to fully exploit the capabilities of multiple beam antennas. We further provide some embryonic guidelines for the development of such a protocol

Keywords

access protocols; antenna arrays; multibeam antennas; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 DCF; MAC protocols; distributed coordination function; medium access control; multiple beam antennas; on-demand protocols; Access protocols; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Directional antennas; Guidelines; Media Access Protocol; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems Conference, 2005. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9465-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MAHSS.2005.1542833

Filename

1542833