The performance of three wireless local-area network(WLAN) media access control(MAC) protocols is investigated and compared in the context of simulcast radioover-fiber-based distributed antenna systems(RoF-DASs) where...The performance of three wireless local-area network(WLAN) media access control(MAC) protocols is investigated and compared in the context of simulcast radioover-fiber-based distributed antenna systems(RoF-DASs) where multiple remote antenna units(RAUs) are connected to one access point(AP) with different-length fiber links.The three WLAN MAC protocols under investigation are distributed coordination function(DCF) in basic access mode,DCF in request/clear to send(RTS/CTS) exchange mode,and point coordination function(PCF).In the analysis,the inter-RAU hidden nodes problems and fiber-length difference effect are both taken into account.Results show that adaptive PCF mechanism has better throughput performances than the other two DCF modes,especially when the inserted fiber length is short.展开更多
In the IEEE g02. 11 protocol, the adoption of the exponential backoff technique leads to throughput performance strongly dependent on the initial contention window size and, most importantly, on the number of contendi...In the IEEE g02. 11 protocol, the adoption of the exponential backoff technique leads to throughput performance strongly dependent on the initial contention window size and, most importantly, on the number of contending stations considered in the network. This paper proposes a simple but accurate method to dynamically estimate the number of contending stations in a wireless local area network （ WLAN ）. Based on estimation, all the mobile stations dynamically adjust the initial contention window in medium access control （ MAC ） layer to avoid collisions. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve efficient channel utilization, higher system throughput, and better fairness performance.展开更多
基金supported in part by National 973 Program(2012CB315705)NSFC Program(61302086,61271042,61107058, 61302016,and 61335002)+2 种基金Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(20130005120007)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-13-0682)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘The performance of three wireless local-area network(WLAN) media access control(MAC) protocols is investigated and compared in the context of simulcast radioover-fiber-based distributed antenna systems(RoF-DASs) where multiple remote antenna units(RAUs) are connected to one access point(AP) with different-length fiber links.The three WLAN MAC protocols under investigation are distributed coordination function(DCF) in basic access mode,DCF in request/clear to send(RTS/CTS) exchange mode,and point coordination function(PCF).In the analysis,the inter-RAU hidden nodes problems and fiber-length difference effect are both taken into account.Results show that adaptive PCF mechanism has better throughput performances than the other two DCF modes,especially when the inserted fiber length is short.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China ( No. 60472078) , and Cisco University Research Program Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley( No. 20029303 ).
文摘In the IEEE g02. 11 protocol, the adoption of the exponential backoff technique leads to throughput performance strongly dependent on the initial contention window size and, most importantly, on the number of contending stations considered in the network. This paper proposes a simple but accurate method to dynamically estimate the number of contending stations in a wireless local area network （ WLAN ）. Based on estimation, all the mobile stations dynamically adjust the initial contention window in medium access control （ MAC ） layer to avoid collisions. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can achieve efficient channel utilization, higher system throughput, and better fairness performance.
