Saturation Throughput Analysis of Error-Prone 802.11 Wireless Networks
Ni, Qiang and Li, Tianji and Turletti, Thierry and Xiao, Yang (2005) Saturation Throughput Analysis of Error-Prone 802.11 Wireless Networks. Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing . AbstractIt is well known that the medium access control (MAC) layer is the main bottleneck for the IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. Much work has been done on performance analysis of the 802.11 MAC. However, most of them assume that the wireless channel is error-free. In this paper, we investigate the saturation throughput performance achieved at the MAC layer, in both congested and error prone channels. We provide a simple and accurate analytical model to calculate the MAC throughput. The model is validated through extensive simulation results. Our results show that channel errors have a significant impact on the system performance. | Keywords: | KEYWORDS:IEEE 802.11, wireless LAN (WLAN),
medium access control (MAC), distributed coordination function (DCF), saturation throughput, transmission error,
collision |
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| Subjects: | Science & Engineering > Hamilton Institute
Science & Engineering > Computer Science |
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| ID Code: | 1201 |
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| Deposited By: | Tianji Li |
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| Deposited On: | 22 Jan 2009 14:19 |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
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