MODIFIED ULTRA WIDEBAND CIRCULAR PRINTED MONOPOLE ANTENNA

A simple and compact microstrip-fed ultra wideband （UWB） printed monopole antenna is presented. The antenna is composed of a circular radiator and a finitely grounded plane. The antenna occupies about 16.62 GHz absolute bandwidth and 142.7% relative bandwidth covering from 3.38 GHz to 20 GHz with voltage standing wave ratio （VSWR） below two. A quasi-omnidirectional and quasi-symmetrical radiation pattern in H plane is obtained in the whole bandwidth. The high performance of the antenna is validated with measured and simulated results given. The antenna can be applied for the system design of UWB wireless communication.

关于Ad hoc网络在Operator WLAN中的应用性研究

目前,有许多通信业界的著名通信厂商提出了Operator WLAN(以下简称OWLAN)的宽带接入概念。 本文将就这一概念为基础,讨论Ad hoc网络在OWLAN中的应用中可能出现的一些问题,并给出了我们的解决思路。

A CMOS high-IF down-conversion mixer for WLAN 802.11a applications

A low noise, high conversion gain down-conversion mixer for WLAN 802.11a applications, which adopts the high intermediate frequency （IF） topology, is presented. The input radio frequency （RF）band, local oscillator（LO）frequency band and output IF are 5.15 to 5.35, 4.15 to 4.35 and 1 GHz, respectively. Source resistive degeneration technique and pseudo-differential Gilbert topology are used to achieve high linearity, and, current bleeding technique and LC resonant loads are used to acquire a low noise figure. In addition, the mixer adopts a common-source transistor pair cross-stacked with a source follow pair（CSSF）circuit as an output buffer to enhance the mixer＇s conversion gain but not deteriorate the other performances. The mixer is implemented in 0.18 μm RF CMOS（complementary metal oxide semiconductor transistor）technology and the chip area of the mixer including all bonding pads is 580 μm×1 185 μm. The measured results show that under a 1.8 V supply, the conversion gain is 10.1 dB; the input 1 dB compression point and the input-referred third-order intercept point are-3.5 and 5.3 dBm, respectively; the single side band （SSB）noise figure （NF）is 8.65 dB, and the core current consumption is 3.8 mA.

AN MAC PROTOCOL SUPPORTING MULTIPLE TRAFFIC OVER MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS

This letter presents the design and performance of a multi-channel MAC protocol that supports multiple traffics for IEEE 802.11 mobile ad-hoc networks. The dynamic channel selection scheme by receiver decision is implemented and the number of the data channel is independent of the network topology. The priority for real-time traffic is assured by the proposed adaptive back off algorithm and different IFS. The protocol is evaluated by simulation and the results have shown that it can support multiple traffics and the performance is better than the performance that IEEE 802.11 standard provides.

A MAC PROTOCOL TO SUPPORT HYBRID ANTENNAS IN A WIRELESS LAN

Hybrid Distributed Coordination Function (HDCF),a modified medium access control pro-tocol of IEEE 802.11 standard,is proposed in this paper to support both smart adaptive array anten-nas and normal omni-directional antennas simultaneously in one wireless LAN. Omni-directional an-tennas follow the standard Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) and smart antennas follow the Directional DCF (DDCF). The proposed DDCF is based on Hybrid Virtual Carrier Sense (HVCS) mechanism,which includes Omni-directional Request-To-Send/Clear-To-Send (ORTS/OCTS) hand-shake mechanism and directional data transmission. HDCF is compatible with DCF. When a node transmits in a directional beam,the other nodes can multiplex the physical channel. Hence,HDCF supports Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA). Simulation results show that HDCF can support hybrid antennas effectively and provide much higher network throughput and lower delay and jitter than DCF does.

Secure Authentication of WLAN Based on Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem

The security of wireless local area network （WI.AN） becomes a bottleneck for its further applications. At present, many standard organizations and manufacturers of WLAN try to solve this problem. However, owing to the serious secure leak in IEEES02.11 standards, it is impossible to utterly solve the problem by simply adding some remedies. Based on the analysis on the security mechanism of WLAN and the latest techniques of WI.AN security, a solution to WLAN security was presented. The solution makes preparation for the further combination of WLAN and Internet.

Performance Analysis of WLAN Medium Access Control Protocols in Simulcast Radio-Over-Fiber-Based Distributed Antenna Systems

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.

Printed elliptical slot UWB antenna for dual-banded application

Based on the analysis of printed elliptical slot (PES) UWB antenna,a dual-banded PES antenna is designed for WLAN and UWB bands at 2.4 GHz.The design cooperates two important wireless commutation system antennas into one printed antenna.In the design,a circular slot structure is presented,which is suitable for the band ejection.Characteristics of the designed antenna are analyzed and key parameters,such as S11,S21 and VSWR are measured.E-field distribution of the surface is simulated and analyzed.

WIRELESS FLOPPY DISK DRIVE USING TURBO CODEC IN HOME AND OFFICE WIRELESS LAN

A wireless floppy disk drive is proposed for home and office wireless local area network. The proposed floppy drive uses turbo coding-decoding in the transceiver PHYsical layer (PHY) to improve system performance. The data transmission rate is about 11 Mbps. The covered distance is 30 meters in obstructed environment and 100 m in free space.

Probabilistic Loss Differentiation for IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks

We start this paper by answering the questions： What requirements should a good Loss Differentiation Mechanism （LD） for 802.11 networks in loT meet？ Do the existing LDs work well in 802.11 networks when moving towards loT？ Then we present the four properties that a LD used in loT should own and the two-folded factors that we should consider when designing such a LD. Thereby, a novel LD is proposed utilizing the back- off frozen event to reveal collision probability. Our mechanism works efficiently with standard 802.11 ; only practical statistics information is needed. In ad- dition, our mechanism can be done solely by the sender without introducing extra signaling overhead. Extensive simulations show that our mechanism can be applicable to different scenarios in 802. 11 WLANs.