简介:Backoffmechanismisakeycomponentofcontention-basedmediumaccesscontrol(MAC)layerprotocol.IthasbeenshownthatthebackoffmechanismofIEEE802.11standardmaybeveryinefficientespeciallywhenthenetworkiscongested.Numbersofmethodshavebeenproposedtotunethecontentionwindow(CW)withtheaimtoachievetheoptimalthroughputinIEEE802.11WLANs.However,themechanismsdonotspecificallyaddresspropersettingsforthevariablepacketlengthinfluenceandCWdivergingproblem.Thispaperproposesanovelfour-wayhandshakingfull-feedbackbackoffalgorithmnamedadoptivecontentionwindowbackoff(ACWB)toovercomethesedrawbacks.Theperformanceoftheproposedalgorithmisinvestigatedthroughanalysisandsimulation.SimulationresultsdemonstratethattheACWBalgorithmprovidesaremarkableperformanceimprovementintermsofshort-termfairness,packetdelayanddelayjitter,whilemaintaininganoptimalthroughputclosetothetheoreticalthroughputlimitoftheIEEE802.11distributedcoordinationfunction(DCF)accessscheme.
简介:Coexistenceandinteroperabilitybetween20MHzand40MHzdeviceandmodesofop-erationsarestressedinstandardIEEE802.11nsystem.Itismandatetoreportthebothsub-channelsstatestoMediumAccessControl(MAC)atreceiver,sincefor40MHzdevice,itshouldservenotonly20MHzbutalso40MHzsignalsreceiving.Bothenergydetectionandcarriersenseareemployedtodetectchannelstate.Inthecaseof20/40Mmode,thepowerdifferencebetweenthetwosub-channelsisalsodetectedinordertoreportthechannelstateaccurately.Thesimulationresultsdemonstratethattheperformanceoftheproposedmethodsaremuchbetterthanthemethodswhichjustemployenergydetection.Besides,thesimulationresultsshowthattheproposedmethodsensurethatthechannelsensingisnotaroadblockofIEEE802.11nsystemdesign.
简介:AnovellinkadaptationschemeusinglinearAutoRegressive(AR)modelchannelestimationalgorithmtoenhancetheperformanceofautorateselectionmechanisminIEEE802.11gisproposed.ThisschemecanovercomethelowefficiencycausedbytimeintervalbetweenthetimewhenReceivedSignalStrength(RSS)ismeasuredandthetimewhenrateisselected.Thebestrateisselectedbasedondatapayloadlength,frameretrycountandtheestimatedRSS,whichisestimatedfromrecordedRSSs.Simulationresultsshowthattheproposedschemeenhancesmeanthroughputperformanceupto7%,insaturationstate,andupto24%infiniteloadstatecomparedwiththosenon-estimationschemes,performanceenhancementsinaveragedroprateandaveragenumberoftransmissionattemptsperdataframedeliveryalsovalidatetheeffectivenessoftheproposedscheme.
简介:Inthispaper,thecapabilityofIEEE802.11bDistributedCoordinationFunction(DCF)modesupportingofConstantBitRate(CBR)andVariableBitRate(VBR)VoiceoverIP(VoIP)trafficisinvestigated.Then,thecapacityof802.11bWirelessLocalAreaNetwork(WLAN)systemcarryingvoicecallsinawiderangeofscenarios,includingvaryingdelayandpacketlossrateconstraintsisanalyzedandevaluated.BothG.711andG.729voiceencodingschemesandarangeofvoiceinter-arrivaltimeareconsidered.Theanalysesandsimulationresultsshowthatcapacityishighlysensitivetothedelaybudgetallocatedtothesumofpacketizationandwirelessnetworkdelays.Foragivenpacketlossrateconstrained,G.729isshowntohaveacapacitygreaterthanthatwhenG.711isused.ThesimulationresultsshowthatbysupportingVBRunderDCFmodethenetworkhastheapproximatelytwicemuchcapacityassupportingCBRhas,regardlessoftheencodingschemesandtheinter-arrivaltime.
简介:在无线局域网(WLAN)势头正劲之际,最近又出现了无线城域网(MAN)技术。与为无线局域网制定802.11标准一样,IEEE为无线城域网推出了802.16标准,同时业界也成立了类似WiFi联盟的WiMAX论坛。无线城域网技术为何会紧跟WLAN之
简介:Themediumaccesscontrol(MAC)protocolforindoorvisiblelightcommunication(VLC)withenergyharvestingisexploredinthispaper.Theunfairnessofthroughputexistsamongdevicesduetothesignificantdifferenceoftheirenergyharvestingrateswhichchangeswithdistance,acceptanceangleandtheobstructionprobability.Weproposeanenergyharvestingmodel,anewobstructionprobabilitymodelandanenergyadaptivecontentionalgorithmtoovercometheunfairnessproblem.Thisdevicecanadjustitscontentionwindowaccordingtotheenergyharvestingrate.Asaresult,thedevicewithlowerenergyharvestingratecangetshortercontentionwindowtoimproveitstransmissionopportunity.SimulationresultsshowthatourMACprotocolcanachieveahigherdegreeoffairness.