This paper presents a performance study of the distributed coordination function （DCF） of 802.11 networks considering erroneous channel and capture effects under non-saturated traffic conditions employing a basic ac...This paper presents a performance study of the distributed coordination function （DCF） of 802.11 networks considering erroneous channel and capture effects under non-saturated traffic conditions employing a basic access method.The aggregate throughput of a practical wireless local area network （WLAN） strongly depends on the channel conditions.In a real radio environment,the received signal power at the access point from a station is subjected to deterministic path loss,shadowing,and fast multipath fading.The binary exponential backoff （BEB） mechanism of IEEE 802.11 DCF severely suffers from more channel idle time under high bit error rate （BER）.To alleviate the low performance of IEEE 802.11 DCF,a new mechanism is introduced,which greatly outperforms the existing methods under a high BER.A multidimensional Markov chain model is used to characterize the behavior of DCF in order to account both non-ideal channel conditions and capture effects.展开更多
In this paper, we propose a mechanism named modified backoff （MB） mechanism to decrease the channel idle time in IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function （DCF）. In the noisy channel, when signal-to-noise rat...In this paper, we propose a mechanism named modified backoff （MB） mechanism to decrease the channel idle time in IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function （DCF）. In the noisy channel, when signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） is low, applying this mechanism in DCF greatly improves the throughput and lowers the channel idle time. This paper presents an analytical model for the performance study of IEEE 802.11 MB-DCF for nonsaturated heterogeneous traffic in the presence of transmission errors. First, we introduce the MB-DCF and compare its performance to IEEE 802.11 DCF with binary exponential backoff （BEB）. The IEEE 802.11 DCF with BEB mechanism suffers from more channel idle time under low SNR. The MB-DCF ensures high throughput and low packet delay by reducing the channel idle time under the low traffic in the network. However, to the best of the authors＇ knowledge, there are no previous works that enhance the performance of the DCF under imperfect wireless channel. We show through analysis that the proposed mechanism greatly outperforms the original IEEE 802.11 DCF in the imperfect channel condition. The effectiveness of physical and link layer parameters on throughput performance is explored. We also present a throughput investigation of the heterogeneous traffic for different radio conditions.展开更多
This paper proposes a modification to distributed coordination function （DCF） to improve the channel utilization in IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks （ WLANs）. In the modified DCF, when a station has conten...This paper proposes a modification to distributed coordination function （DCF） to improve the channel utilization in IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks （ WLANs）. In the modified DCF, when a station has contended for the channel, it may transmit multiple data frames continuously to the same destination, which is called transmission burst（TB）. When the maximum number of data packets transmitted continuously in a TB is set to be 2, the performance is expected to be the best. The theoretical analysis and simulation results show that compared with the standard DCF, the modified DCF can increase the throughput and decrease the delay of the WLAN, and the modification does not introduce any additional control overhead.展开更多
This paper addresses the optimal number of simultaneous data transmissions that maximize the system throughput in an MIMO WLAN. To facilitate simultaneous packet transmissions, both transceivers have to exchange pream...This paper addresses the optimal number of simultaneous data transmissions that maximize the system throughput in an MIMO WLAN. To facilitate simultaneous packet transmissions, both transceivers have to exchange preambles to calculate the channel state information. This exchange is combined with the RTS （request to send）/CTS （clear to send） handshake which is used to contend for the channel in WLANs. This study presents an expression for the optimal number of simultaneous data transmissions under the distributed coordinate function mechanism derived using the Markov chain model, as well as an analytical formula for the optimal system throughput given the length of the contention window and the number of nodes in the network. The analytical results show that the system throughput cannot be enhanced by simply increasing the numoer of simultaneous data transmissions.展开更多
针对WLAN(wireless local area network)基础结构模式中的IEEE 802.11 DCF(distributed coordination function)机制,提出了一种基于分组到达率的性能分析模型.模型不仅考虑了终端数量、传输负载、二进制指数回退机制等因素,而且分析了M...针对WLAN(wireless local area network)基础结构模式中的IEEE 802.11 DCF(distributed coordination function)机制,提出了一种基于分组到达率的性能分析模型.模型不仅考虑了终端数量、传输负载、二进制指数回退机制等因素,而且分析了MAC(mediunl access control)层有限队列对系统性能的影响.在每个终端被模型化为M/M/1/K队列的基础上,进一步利用虚拟时隙在时间上离散化终端MAC层队列状态,并采用离散时间的三维马尔可夫链对系统性能建模.基于该模型得到了归一化吞吐量、分组时延和丢包率.仿真分析结果表明,该模型能够有效地预测变化的分组到达率情形下DCF机制的性能.展开更多
文摘This paper presents a performance study of the distributed coordination function （DCF） of 802.11 networks considering erroneous channel and capture effects under non-saturated traffic conditions employing a basic access method.The aggregate throughput of a practical wireless local area network （WLAN） strongly depends on the channel conditions.In a real radio environment,the received signal power at the access point from a station is subjected to deterministic path loss,shadowing,and fast multipath fading.The binary exponential backoff （BEB） mechanism of IEEE 802.11 DCF severely suffers from more channel idle time under high bit error rate （BER）.To alleviate the low performance of IEEE 802.11 DCF,a new mechanism is introduced,which greatly outperforms the existing methods under a high BER.A multidimensional Markov chain model is used to characterize the behavior of DCF in order to account both non-ideal channel conditions and capture effects.
文摘In this paper, we propose a mechanism named modified backoff （MB） mechanism to decrease the channel idle time in IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function （DCF）. In the noisy channel, when signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） is low, applying this mechanism in DCF greatly improves the throughput and lowers the channel idle time. This paper presents an analytical model for the performance study of IEEE 802.11 MB-DCF for nonsaturated heterogeneous traffic in the presence of transmission errors. First, we introduce the MB-DCF and compare its performance to IEEE 802.11 DCF with binary exponential backoff （BEB）. The IEEE 802.11 DCF with BEB mechanism suffers from more channel idle time under low SNR. The MB-DCF ensures high throughput and low packet delay by reducing the channel idle time under the low traffic in the network. However, to the best of the authors＇ knowledge, there are no previous works that enhance the performance of the DCF under imperfect wireless channel. We show through analysis that the proposed mechanism greatly outperforms the original IEEE 802.11 DCF in the imperfect channel condition. The effectiveness of physical and link layer parameters on throughput performance is explored. We also present a throughput investigation of the heterogeneous traffic for different radio conditions.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60472078 and No. 90604013).
文摘This paper proposes a modification to distributed coordination function （DCF） to improve the channel utilization in IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks （ WLANs）. In the modified DCF, when a station has contended for the channel, it may transmit multiple data frames continuously to the same destination, which is called transmission burst（TB）. When the maximum number of data packets transmitted continuously in a TB is set to be 2, the performance is expected to be the best. The theoretical analysis and simulation results show that compared with the standard DCF, the modified DCF can increase the throughput and decrease the delay of the WLAN, and the modification does not introduce any additional control overhead.
基金Acknowledgements： This work is supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 60503020）, the Natural Science Research Plan for Jiangsu High School （No 05KJD520151）, and 0pening Foundation of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Computer Information Processing Technology in Soochow University, Guangxi Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 0542036）.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 60832008)the joint program between the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (No. 60731160013)
文摘This paper addresses the optimal number of simultaneous data transmissions that maximize the system throughput in an MIMO WLAN. To facilitate simultaneous packet transmissions, both transceivers have to exchange preambles to calculate the channel state information. This exchange is combined with the RTS （request to send）/CTS （clear to send） handshake which is used to contend for the channel in WLANs. This study presents an expression for the optimal number of simultaneous data transmissions under the distributed coordinate function mechanism derived using the Markov chain model, as well as an analytical formula for the optimal system throughput given the length of the contention window and the number of nodes in the network. The analytical results show that the system throughput cannot be enhanced by simply increasing the numoer of simultaneous data transmissions.
文摘针对WLAN(wireless local area network)基础结构模式中的IEEE 802.11 DCF(distributed coordination function)机制,提出了一种基于分组到达率的性能分析模型.模型不仅考虑了终端数量、传输负载、二进制指数回退机制等因素,而且分析了MAC(mediunl access control)层有限队列对系统性能的影响.在每个终端被模型化为M/M/1/K队列的基础上,进一步利用虚拟时隙在时间上离散化终端MAC层队列状态,并采用离散时间的三维马尔可夫链对系统性能建模.基于该模型得到了归一化吞吐量、分组时延和丢包率.仿真分析结果表明,该模型能够有效地预测变化的分组到达率情形下DCF机制的性能.
