Wireless token ring protocol-performance comparison with IEEE 802.11

Mustafa Ergen, Duke Lee, Raja Sengupta, Pravin Varaiya

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Abstract

The paper presents the performance advantage of wireless token ring protocol (WTRP) versus IEEE 802.11 in DCF mode. WTRP is a medium access control (MAC) protocol and is designed to provide quality of service in WLANs. WTRP supports guaranteed QoS in terms of bounded latency and reserved bandwidth which are crucial constraints of the real time applications and inapplicable in an IEEE 802.11 network. WTRP is a distributed MAC protocol and partial connection is enough for full connectivity. The stations take turn to transmit and are forced to suspend the transmission after having the medium for a specified amount of time. WTRP is robust against wireless medium imperfections. The DCF mode of IEEE 802.11, also a distributed MAC protocol, is based on contention among stations and is not homogeneous due to the existence of hidden terminals and random behavior. Consequently, QoS is not provided.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 8th IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2003
Pages710-715
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event8th IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2003 - Kemer-Antalya, Turkey
Duration: 30 Jun 20033 Jul 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
ISSN (Print)1530-1346

Conference

Conference8th IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2003
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityKemer-Antalya
Period30/06/033/07/03

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