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Analysis of IEEE 802.11 Broadcast for Reliable Wi-Fi Broadcast

안정적 Wi-Fi 방송 서비스를 위한 무선 랜 전송 특성 분석

  • 정재현 (부산대학교 컴퓨터공학과 이동통신연구실) ;
  • 김동현 (부산대학교 컴퓨터공학과 이동통신연구실) ;
  • 김종덕 (부산대학교 컴퓨터공학과 이동통신연구실)
  • Received : 2010.12.31
  • Accepted : 2011.08.03
  • Published : 2011.08.31
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Abstract

To apply Wi-Fi technique to the Broadcast field, we have to study features of IEEE 802.11 Broadcast packet. IEEE 802.11 Broadcast technique cannot guarantee successful packet delivery than IEEE 802.11 Unicast. A promising solution to this problem is the use of FEC(Forward Error Correction) mechanisms. However, the adjustment of the FEC redundancy rate is not a trivial issue due to the dynamic wireless environment. In order to explore the above issues we conducted an experimental study of the packet loss behavior of the IEEE 802.11g protocol. In order to study, we implemented a broadcast test bed. Based on the experimental results, we provide guidelines on wireless lan parameters(packet size, transmission rate(11g), background traffic). From this experimental study, we provide FEC redundancy rate.

무선 랜 기술을 방송 분야에 응용하기 위해서는 IEEE 802.11 방송 패킷에 대한 이해가 필요하다. 현재 IEEE 802.11 방송 패킷 전송 기술은 Unicast 패킷 전송 기술에 비해 컨텐츠 전달의 신뢰성을 보장 할 수 없다는 단점이 있다. 이러한 무선 랜 방송 기술의 손실률 제어를 위한 기법으로 FEC가 주로 사용되고 있다. 무선 랜 방송 기술에 FEC 기법을 활용함에 있어서 핵심은 복구를 위한 여분의 패킷 양을 결정하는 것이다. 이에 본 논문은 먼저 다중 무선 랜 전송률-(1-54Mbps) 이 지원되는 방송 테스트베드를 구성하였다. 그리고 방송 패킷의 길이, 무선랜 전송률, 주변 환경에 따른 손실률을 구하고 손실률을 최소화 할 수 있는 인자들의 값을 도출 하였다. 나아가 구해진 손실률을 이용하여 FEC 여분 패킷 양을 결정하였다.

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