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Optimal RTS-CTS Threshold to Maximize the Capacity of IEEE 802.11 WLAN  

Choi, Woo-Yong (Mobile Telecommunication Research Lab., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
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IE interfaces / v.16, no.2, 2003 , pp. 195-200 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, the selective use of RTS and CTS frames is considered to analyze the capacity of IEEE 802.11 WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network). The RTS and CTS frames are used to transmit the data frames longer than dot11RTSThreshold according to IEEE 802.11 specification. The analysis of the optimal RTS-CTS threshold is derived to maximize the capacity of IEEE 802.11 WLAN. And, numerical examples are also presented for IEEE 802.11 a and b WLANs.
Keywords
IEEE 802.11; MAC; DCF; capacity;
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