Title :
Fragmentation and AES Encryption Overhead in Very High-Speed Wireless LANs
Author :
Olteanu, Alina ; Xiao, Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we study the overhead introduced by the advanced encryption standard cipher in the context of wireless LANs, specifically at the medium access control layer, as described in the 802.11 standard developed by the 802.11n task group. We compute the maximum throughput, optimal frame, and fragment sizes which can be achieved in this context and compare them to the optimal values when encryption is not used.
Keywords :
access protocols; cryptography; wireless LAN; AES encryption overhead; advanced encryption standard cipher; fragmentation; medium access control layer; very high-speed wireless LAN; Communication standards; Communications Society; Cryptography; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Physical layer; Standards development; Standards publication; Throughput; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2009. ICC '09. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3435-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1938-1883
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2009.5199040
