Performance aspects of IEEE 802.11 wireless local-area networks

Brian Crow; Indra Widjaja; Jeong Geun Kim; Prescott Sakai

doi:10.1117/12.257355

4 November 1996 Performance aspects of IEEE 802.11 wireless local-area networks

Brian Crow, Indra Widjaja, Jeong Geun Kim, Prescott Sakai

Proceedings Volume 2917, Broadband Access Systems; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257355
Event: Photonics East '96, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We are on the threshold of witnessing an explosion of portable and mobile terminals capable of sending and receiving multimedia traffic. Currently, the standard being worked out by the IEEE 802.11 committee to support wireless connectivity in the local area network appears to be the most promising one. IEEE 802.11 protocols support both scheduling and random access techniques operating simultaneously, called point coordination function (PCF) and distributed coordination function (DCF), respectively. In this paper, we study the interactions between PCF and DCF when voice and asynchronous data traffic needs to be supported. We investigate the dimensioning problems of various parameters, and provide the general rule of thumb of the default values.

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Brian Crow, Indra Widjaja, Jeong Geun Kim, and Prescott Sakai "Performance aspects of IEEE 802.11 wireless local-area networks", Proc. SPIE 2917, Broadband Access Systems, (4 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.257355

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