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:WLAN是计算机网络与无线通信技术相结合的产物,它速率高、接入灵活,有着广阔的市场应用前景。本文依据移动WLAN系统的设计思路,提出一个基于IEEE802.11b标准的GSM、3G、WLAN的“三网舍一”的室内覆盖系统设计方案。该方案能解决室内GSM移动手机信号的覆盖问题,同时兼容3G业务覆盖,并接入WLAN系统进行互补,较好的解决了异种移动通信系统相互干扰的问题。总体方案具有较高的性价比和较强的可扩展性。
简介:Coexistenceandinteroperabilitybetween20MHzand40MHzdeviceandmodesofop-erationsarestressedinstandardIEEE802.11nsystem.Itismandatetoreportthebothsub-channelsstatestoMediumAccessControl(MAC)atreceiver,sincefor40MHzdevice,itshouldservenotonly20MHzbutalso40MHzsignalsreceiving.Bothenergydetectionandcarriersenseareemployedtodetectchannelstate.Inthecaseof20/40Mmode,thepowerdifferencebetweenthetwosub-channelsisalsodetectedinordertoreportthechannelstateaccurately.Thesimulationresultsdemonstratethattheperformanceoftheproposedmethodsaremuchbetterthanthemethodswhichjustemployenergydetection.Besides,thesimulationresultsshowthattheproposedmethodsensurethatthechannelsensingisnotaroadblockofIEEE802.11nsystemdesign.
简介:本文研究了无线局域网IEEE802.11b的MAC层基于随机竞争的分布式协调功能(DCF:DistributedCoordinationFunct0ion)的基本信道访问方式的实现技术。DCF主要包括载波侦听机制、随机退避机制、帧优先级机制等。它定义了两种工作方式,一种是基本访问方式CSMA/CA,基于物理信道的载波侦听;另外一种是基于RTS/CTS虚拟载波侦听,这种方式在CSMA/CA的基础上增加两个长度特别小的数据包RTS和CTS来克服"隐藏终端"问题。可以通过对这两种载波侦听机制的研究,并利用SDL图和状态转移图,完成退避算法的软件实现。
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.