Simulation analysis of advanced infrared (Alr) MAC wireless communications protocol

Author

Barker, P. ; Vitsas, V. ; Boucouvalas, A.C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Design, Eng. & Comput., Bournemouth Univ., Poole, UK

Volume

149

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

193

Lastpage

197

Abstract

The paper presents results from a simulation model of the IrDA advanced infrared (AIr) MAC protocol for nondirected multiple access infrared wireless communication. The MAC protocol is CSMA/CA based with robust RTS/CTS medium reservation which deals with ´hidden nodes´. Throughput performance is analysed in relation to protocol parameter settings. In particular, the effect of the CAS (collision avoidance slot) window size parameter is examined in relation to the data burst size and network size. The effect of a proposed CAS window size dynamic adjustment algorithm is also examined. The results are validated by comparison with those from an analytical model

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; data communication; modelling; optical communication; optical links; simulation; telecommunication congestion control; CAS window size dynamic adjustment algorithm; CAS window size parameter; CSMA/CA based protocol; IrDA advanced infrared MAC protocol; collision avoidance slot; data burst size; medium access control protocol; network size; nondirected multiple access IR wireless communication; protocol parameter settings; robust RTS/CTS medium reservation; short range indoor wireless data communications; simulation model; throughput performance analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proceedings -

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1350-2409

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/ip-cds:20020444

Filename

1030097