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A Novel beacon-based collision-free channel access mechanism over IEEE 802.11 WLANs

  • Gebze Technical University

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Development of a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol that supports high throughput performance and quality of service (QoS) for real-time applications has become a major focus in WLAN research. IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination functions, (DCF/EDCA), provide contention-based distributed channel access for stations to share the wireless medium. However, performance of these mechanisms drops dramatically due to high collision probability and frame errors. In this paper, we propose an adaptive beacon-based collision-free MAC adaptation. The proposed scheme allows station to enter the collision-free state and reduces the number of idle slots regardless of the number of stations and their traffic types (saturated or unsaturated) on the medium. Simulation results indicate that proposed scheme dramatically enhances the overall throughput and supports QoS by reducing delay, jitter and dropping probability of frames.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages374-379
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781467359399
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 7 Apr 2013 → 10 Apr 2013

Publication series

NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
ISSN (Print)1525-3511
ISSN (Electronic)1558-2612

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period7/04/13 → 10/04/13

Keywords

  • Beacon frame
  • CSMA/CA
  • MAC
  • TDMA

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