Throughput analysis of IEEE802.11n using OPNET

Author

Ghaleb, Abdulziz M. ; Chieng, David ; Ting, A. ; Kae Hsiang Kwong ; Kim-Chuan Lim ; Heng-Siong Lim

Author_Institution

MIMOS Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

8-10 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the throughput performance of IEEE802.11n WLANs using a well-known commercial simulator called OPNET Modeler. We study the effects of IP packet size, Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS), Channel Bonding, number of MIMO spatial streams, Block Acknowledgement (BA) and Type of Service (ToS)/Access Category (AC) on maximum throughput and Throughput Efficiency (TE). The impact of multiple users´ access on TE is also analyzed. From these studies we offer fresh insights on underlying configurations and operating conditions which affect the peak throughput performance and efficiency of IEEE802.11n system.

Keywords

MIMO communication; modulation coding; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication services; wireless LAN; AC; BA; IEEE 802.11 WLAN; IP packet size; MCS; MIMO spatial streams; OPNET modeler; TE; ToS; access category; block acknowledgement; channel bonding; commercial simulator; modulation and coding scheme; multiple users; operating conditions; throughput efficiency; throughput performance; type of service; wireless local area network; IEEE802.11n; Throughput analysis; WLAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Applications (ICWCA 2012), IET International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-84919-550-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2012.2068

Filename

6552411