Title :
A study of the performance of HIPERLAN/2 and IEEE 802.11a physical layers
Author :
Doufexi, Angela ; Armour, Simon ; Butler, Michael ; Nix, Andrew ; Bull, David
Author_Institution :
Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK
Abstract :
HIPERLAN/2 and IEEE 802.11a are two wireless LAN (WLAN) standards which operate in the 5 GHz band. In order to support broadband multimedia communications, they can provide data rates up to 54 Mbps. An overview of the two standards is presented together with software simulated physical layer performance results. The differences between the two standards (PDU size, MAC layers etc.) and the effects on throughput and range are also discussed
Keywords :
IEEE standards; multimedia communication; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; 5 GHz; HIPERLAN/2; IEEE 802.11a; MAC layers; PDU size; WLAN; broadband multimedia communications; physical layers; standards; wireless LAN; Convergence; Licenses; Media Access Protocol; OFDM; Payloads; Physical layer; Telecommunication standards; Throughput; USA Councils; 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.2001.944927
