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Slotted Transmissions using Frame aggregation: A MAC protocol for Capacity Enhancement in Ad-hoc Wireless LANs

프레임 집합화를 이용한 애드-혹 무선 랜의 성능 향상을 위한 MAC 프로토콜

  • Published : 2007.08.25
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Abstract

The IEEE 802.11 DCF channel access function allows single transmission inside two-hop network in order to avoid collisions and eliminate the hidden and exposed terminal problems. Singular transmission capability causes data frames waiting for the entire roundtrip time in the transmitter neighborhood, and results in increased frame latency and lower network throughput. Real-time and pervasive applications are severely affected for the lower medium utilization; especially with high network traffic. This work proposes a new scheme with the help of Frame Aggregation technique in IEEE802.11n and overcomes the single transmission barrier maintaining the basic DCF functionality. Proposed scheme allows parallel transmissions in non-interfering synchronized slots. Parallel transmissions bypass the conventional physical carrier sense and random Backoff time for several cases and reduce the frame latency and increase the medium utilization and network capacity.

IEEE 802.11 DCF 채널 접근 기능은 충돌을 피하고 hidden-terminal과 exposed-terminal 문제를 회피하기 위하여 두 홈 네트워크 내에서는 단일 전송을 허락한다. 이러한 단일 전송은 전송자의 이웃 노드가 전체 왕복시간 동안 데이터 프레임을 기다리게 하며, 프레임 지연의 증가와 네트워크 처리량을 낮게 하는 결과를 초래한다. 실시간 응용들은 낮은 매체 이용, 특히 높은 네트워크 트래픽에 대해 심하게 영향을 받는다. 본 논문은 IEEE 802.11의 프레임 집합화 기술을 이용하여 기본적인 DCF 기능을 유지한 단일 전송 장애를 극복하는 새로운 방안을 제시한다. 제안한 방안은 비 간섭 동기화 슬롯에서 병렬 전송을 허용한다. 병렬 전송은 몇몇 상황에서 물리적인 전송자 감지와 랜덤 백오프 타임을 회피하며, 프레임 지연을 줄이고 매체 이용과 네트워크 용량을 증가시킨다.

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