• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.520-525
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• 2014

When the PCF (Point Coordinated Function) MAC protocol is combined with the frame aggregation method to enhance the MAC performance in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, the formulae for the optimal frame aggregation level for best PCF MAC performance were derived in our previous study. We extend the formulae for the PCF protocol to derive the optimal frame aggregation level for the connectivity-based multipolling MAC protocol in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. By simulations, we compare the performances of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs with the optimal and random frame aggregation levels. Compared with the random frame aggregation level, the optimal frame aggregation level significantly improves the performance of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2011

The distributed coordination function (DCF) and point coordination function (PCF) protocols are the basic MAC protocols for legacy IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11n wireless LANs. When the DCF protocol is used for the various versions of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, the MAC performance seriously degrades due to the collisions among the stations (STAs) as more and more STAs attempt to transmit their data frames. On the other hand, the PCF MAC performance becomes poor when many STAs exist in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, however, only small number of STAs actually attempt to transmit their data frames. In this paper, we propose the algorithm for improving the MAC performance by selectively using the DCF and PCF protocols according to the state of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. Numerical examples are presented to show the MAC performance improvement by the selective use of the DCF and PCF protocols according to the network state.

• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국경영과학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.330-340
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• 2007

IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs employ the backoff algorithm to avoid contentions among STAs when two or more STAs attempt to transmit their data frames simultaneously. The MAC efficiency can be improved if the CW values are adaptively changed according to the channel state of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. In this paper, we propose a dynamic contention window control algorithm using the genetic algorithm to improve the MAC throughput of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2009

In this paper, we analyze the effect of the data aggregation level on the MAC performance when RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) logistics data, which can be aggregated at RFID readers to reduce the transmission overhead, are transmitted in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. For various data aggregation levels, the throughputs and latencies of the DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) and PCF (Point Coordination Function) MAC protocols are analyzed by computer simulation. From the simulation analysis, we propose the appropriate input traffic load for real-time RFID logistics data transmitted in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.220-224
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• 2015

The DCF (Dcistributed Coordination Function) and PCF (Point Coordination Function) are the basic MAC (Medium Access Control) protocols of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. According to the DCF, each node performs the exponential backoff algorithm before the transmission of its data frame. Each node doubles the backoff waiting time before the transmission of its data frame whenever it detects the transmission collision with other nodes. Therefore, as the number of the active nodes having the data frames to transmit increases, the overall MAC performance of the DCF decreases. On the other hand, according to the PCF, each node is granted the transmission opportunity by which the PCF transmission is possible without the collision with other nodes. Therefore, as the number of the active nodes increases, the MAC performance of the PCF increases, In this paper, considering the tradeoff of MAC performance between the DCF and PCF, a hybrid MAC protocol is proposed to enhance the performance of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2004

IEEE 802.11a 무선 LAN에서 사용하는 임의 접근 방식은 CSMA/CA(Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance)에 기반한 DCF(Distributed Coordination Function)방식이다. 그러나, IEEE 802.11는 지수적 백오프 방식을 사용하기 때문에, 충돌이 일어났을 경우 경쟁 윈도우의 크기가 2배로 커진다. 따라서, 패킷 전송 지연 시간이 증가하게 되어, 효율성이 떨어진다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 수정된 백오프 알고리즘 방식을 사용하여 IEEE 802.11 MAC DCF 프로토콜의 TCP 패킷 전송 시간을 분석하였다. 결과로부터, OFDM/QPSK 변조 방식의 패킷 전송에 있어 패킷 전송 시간을 줄이기 위해서 TCP 패킷 크기가 증가해야 한다는 것을 알 수 있었고, 실험 결과로부터 TCP 계층 안 TCP 패킷 크기와 전체 메시지 전송 시간 상관관계에서 TCP 계층의 적당한 패킷 크기를 구할 수가 있었다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.71-74
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• 2006

A basic access method about IEEE 802.11 MAC layer protocol using IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs is the DCF thatis based on the CSMA/CA. But, cause of IEEE 802.11 MAC layer uses original backoff algorithm (exponential backoff method), when collision occurred, the size of contention windows increases the double size Also, a time of packet transmission delay increases and efficienty is decreased by original backoff scheme. In this paper, we have analyzed TCP packet transmission time of IEEE 802.11 MAC DCF protocol for wireless LANs a proposed enhanced backoff algorithm. It is considered the transmission time of transmission control protocol (TCP) packet on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in additive white gaussian noise (A WGN) and Rician fading channel. From the results, a proposed enhanced backoff algorithm produces a better performance improvement than an original backoff in wireless LAN environment. Also, in OFDM/quadrature phase shift keying channel (QPSK), we can achieve that the transmission time in wireless channel decreases as the TCP packet size increases and based on the data collected, we can infer the correlation between packet size and the transmission time, allowing for an inference of the optimal packet size in the TCP layer.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.194-198
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• 2003

Recently, the use of TCP/IP protocols over wireless LANs poses significant problems. In this paper, we have analyzed transmission control protocol (TCP) packet transmission time for mobile IP over wireless local area networks (LANs) using a proposed a new random backoff scheme. We call it as a proxy backoff scheme. It is considered the transmission time of TCP packet on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in additive white gaussian noise (AWGN) channel. From the results, a proposed proxy backoff scheme produces a better performance than an original random backoff in mobile IP over wireless LANs environment. Also, in OFDM/quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) medium access control (MAC), we have obtained that the transmission time in wireless channel decreases as the TCP packet size increases.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.759-764
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11 무선 랜의 인프라스트럭쳐 모드에서 성능을 향상시키기 위한 새로운 매체 접근 제어(MAC) 프로토콜을 제안한다. 각 단말은 beacon으로부터 전송되는 파라미터와 접속 연결 시에 AP로부터 부여받은 자신의 고유한 ID를 사용하여 단말들 내에서 유일한 백오프 값을 생성하여, 데이터 전송 시에 해당 백오프 값만큼의 유휴 슬롯을 보낸 후 데이터를 전송한다. 제안한 백오프 방식을 따를 경우 단말들 간의 충돌 없는 접속이 가능하며, 시뮬레이션을 통해 성능분석을 한 결과, 기존의 IEEE 802.11 프로토콜의 CSMA/CA 표준 방식과 비교해서 채널 이용률이 늘어나고 패킷 지연이 감소함을 볼 수 있었다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2009

Wireless LAN systems have been widely implemented for supporting the wireless internet services especially in the hotspot areas such as hospitals, homes, conference rooms, and so on. Compared with wired LAN systems, wireless LAN systems have the advantages of the users' mobility support and low implementation and maintenance costs. IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN systems employ the backoff algorithm to avoid contentions among STAs when two or more STAs attempt to transmit their data frames simultaneously. The MAC efficiency can be improved if the CW values are adaptively changed according to the channel state of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. In this paper, a dynamic contention window control algorithm is proposed using the genetic algorithm to improve the MAC throughput of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.