Title :
Throughput and fairness properties of asynchronous data transfer methods in the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol
Author :
Chhaya, Harshal S. ; Gupta, Sanjay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
To satisfy the needs of wireless data networking, study group 802.11 was formed under IEEE project 802 to recommend an international standard for wireless local area networks (WLANs). A key part of standard are the medium access control (MAC) protocols needed to support asynchronous and time bounded delivery of data frames. We conduct a performance evaluation of the asynchronous data transfer protocols that are a part of the proposed IEEE 802.11 standard taking into account the decentralized nature of communication between stations, the possibility of “capture”, and presence of “hidden stations”. We compute the system throughput and evaluate the fairness properties of the proposed MAC protocols and evaluate the impact of spatial characteristics on the performance of the system. Further, extensive numerical results are presented
Keywords :
IEEE standards; access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; data communication; performance evaluation; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol; IEEE 802.11 standard; IEEE project 802; WLAN; asynchronous data transfer methods; asynchronous data transfer protocols; capture; data frames; fairness properties; hidden stations; international standard; medium access control protocols; numerical results; performance evaluation; spatial characteristics; system throughput; throughput properties; wireless data networking; wireless local area networks; Access protocols; Communication standards; Delay; Intelligent networks; Media Access Protocol; Physical layer; Standards development; Throughput; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1995. PIMRC'95. Wireless: Merging onto the Information Superhighway., Sixth IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3002-1
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.1995.480941
