• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.427-428
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11 MAC Layer의 Reception, Transmission 검증을 위해 PLI (Programing Language Interface)를 이용한 방법을 제안한다. PLI를 이용한 검증은 시스템 Level의 검증으로써 설계단계에서 문제점을 확인하고 수정할 수 있다. 그러므로 불필요한 개발비의 낭비를 줄일 수 있고 개발 기간 단축의 효과를 거둘 수 있다. 검증을 위해 Mentor Graphics 사의 HDL (Hardware Description Language) 시뮬레이터인 Modelsim 6.1g Version을 사용하고 PLI를 이용하여 검증 환경을 구축한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.683-701
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• 2012

IEEE 802.11 standard has achieved huge success in the past decade and is still under development to provide higher physical data rate and better quality of service (QoS). An important problem for the development and optimization of IEEE 802.11 networks is the modeling of the MAC layer channel access protocol. Although there are already many theoretic analysis for the 802.11 MAC protocol in the literature, most of the models focus on the saturated traffic and assume infinite buffer at the MAC layer. In this paper we develop a unified analytical model for IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol in ad hoc networks. The impacts of channel access parameters, traffic rate and buffer size at the MAC layer are modeled with the assistance of a generalized Markov chain and an M/G/1/K queue model. The performance of throughput, packet delivery delay and dropping probability can be achieved. Extensive simulations show the analytical model is highly accurate. From the analytical model it is shown that for practical buffer configuration (e.g. buffer size larger than one), we can maximize the total throughput and reduce the packet blocking probability (due to limited buffer size) and the average queuing delay to zero by effectively controlling the offered load. The average MAC layer service delay as well as its standard deviation, is also much lower than that in saturated conditions and has an upper bound. It is also observed that the optimal load is very close to the maximum achievable throughput regardless of the number of stations or buffer size. Moreover, the model is scalable for performance analysis of 802.11e in unsaturated conditions and 802.11 ad hoc networks with heterogenous traffic flows.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.509-515
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• 2005

This paper explores the throughput of DCF protocol with both the traffic intensity and MSDU size at the MAC layer in the 802.11a wireless LAN. By exploring the throughput of DCF protocol with the data rate of 6Mbps, 12 Mbps, 24 Mbps and 54 Mbps, we find the fact that the less the data rate be, the higher the throughput be. We also find, from the throughput calculation by means of traffic intensity and MSDU size, that the longer the MSDU size is, the higher the throughput is. We also found the traffic intensity that the throughput is at the maximum point with the fixed MSDU size.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.65-74
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• 2014

IEEE 802.11n standard has introduced the new schemes in MAC and PHY layers to improve network throughput. Frame aggregation and Block ACK are mainly defined to increase the efficiency of the MAC layer. There exists still problem in IEEE 802.11n. When block ACK request and/or response frames are missing or received in error, the sender does not know the status (success/failure) of each frame in the aggregated large frame and retransmits all the frames. This can cause a lower network performance. To solve this problem, we propose a new effective scheme, called reduced retransmission of MPDUs (RRM) scheme. In the proposed scheme, when a sender does not receive a block ACK response frame, it just transmits a next data frame and requests a block ACK. Therefore, it can retransmits the erroneous frames. Performance of the proposed scheme is investigated by simulation. Our results show that the proposed scheme is very effective and improves the performance under a wide range of channel error conditions.

• Information and Communications Magazine
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.67-75
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• 2007

최근 다양한 멀티미디어 응용 및 시나리오가 등장함에 따라 멀티캐스트 전송 기법의 중요성이 더욱 부각되고 있다. 본고에서는 무선랜의 MAC 계층 멀티캐스트 기법에 초점을 맞추어 현재 IEEE 802.11 표준에서 정의하는 멀티캐스트 기법은 어떻게 동작하며 그 한계점은 무엇인지 살펴본다. 그리고 본고에서 명시된 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 활용 가능한 IEEE 802.11 무선랜 MAC 계층의 다양한 멀티캐스트 기법 중 대표적인 관련 연구들과 그 문제점을 함께 알아본다. 마지막으로 효율적인 IEEE 802.11 MAC 계층 멀티캐스트 기법을 설계할 때 고려해야 할 요구 사항을 정리한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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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.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.40 no.12
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• pp.116-124
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• 2003

According to the convenience and efficiency, IEEE 802.11 WLAN(Wireless LAN) has became rapidly wide-spread on the market. However, QoS support is needed for various multimedia service. In this paper, we consider both MAC method of IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.11e and Traffic Category differentiated service by QoS support method. In addition, we study currently existing back-off algorithms in view of comparative analysis. As a result we propose a new back-off algorithm called Collision Rate Based-EDCF. The proposed back-off algorithm confirms the performance by computer simulations in terms of Throughput, and QoS support.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.31 no.10A
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• pp.1003-1013
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• 2006

There is a serious problem in an 802.11g VoWLAN (Voice over Wireless LAN) terminal that talk time is less than 30% compared with an 802.11b terminal. It is almost impossible to achieve talk time level of the 802.11b MAC transmission method because IEEE 802.11g uses OFDM modulation, which is a kind of multi-carrier method and OFDM transmission speed is 54 Mbps faster than normal modulation. In this paper, a new concept of a Holdover time as a power saving method during a call with 802.11g terminal is suggested for the first time. Increase in the number of engaged terminals as a result of holdover time causes to QoS problem because of the increase in the number of back-off and then contention window. In this paper, to solve the QoS problem, a new approach is suggested such that when in down lint the sequence number of 802.11 G.711 is analyzed in the MAC of the terminal and then the Hold over time depending on loss rate is changed. Also, consumption of an electric current of 802.11b/g and MAC parameter's performance due to busy traffic caused by increase in the number of terminal are analyzed and then real data using VQT and Airopeek are analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10e
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• pp.103-105
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• 2002

802.11과 같은 무선 네트워크에서는 전송오류에 의한 패킷손실이 많이 발생한다. 802.11 MAC 프로토콜에서는 에러 복구를 위해 ARQ방식을 통한 재전송을 통하여 에러를 정정하나 채널 에러 율이 증가하면 재전송 방식의 효율은 급격히 저하된다. 또한 재전송을하는데 있어서 다시 RTS와 CTS를 전송하여 데이터를 보낼 수 있는 채널을 확보해야 하므로 상당한 전송부하가 발생한다. 이에 재전송 없이 효율적인 에러 복구를 위해서는 FEC방식이 필요하다. 그러나 정적인 FEC방식은 연속적으로 변화하는 무선 채널의 전송 오류율에알맞은 정정 코드를 채택하지 못해 과도한 대역폭 낭비로 인하여 효율이 떨어지는 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제를 개선하기 위해서는 채널의 상태에 따라 정정 코드를 동적으로 변경하는 것이 필요하다. 본 논문은 FEC방식을 802.11 MAC 프로토콜에 적용할 수 있는 방안에 대해서 기술하고 채널 에러 변화에 따라 능동적으로 정정 코드 양을 조절하여 재 전송하는적응적 FEC 알고리즘을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 적응적 FEC 알고리즘을 802.11 MAC 프로토콜에 적용하여 성능을 측정한 결과 최대 80%정도 성능이 향상된 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.2008-2015
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• 2010

Ns-2 is a proven simulator which is widely utilized to evaluate the performance of wired and wireless network. Ns-2.33 version introduced the extended version including the modules which the core functions of existing 802.11 PHY and MAC layer are implemented. However, if the error rate, one of most important parameters to evaluate a performance of wireless network, is applied to the extended version, the simulation is ceased with several fatal errors. Furthermore, a packet error is detected and discarded on MAC layer in the traditional protocol architecture, but there is the problem which can't identify information about a packet with error by processing packet error on PHY layer in this version. In this paper, we modify the extended version to resolve the above mentioned problems. And also we perform ns-2 simulation using the modified version on the IEEE 802.11p based vehicular ad-hoc networks, and then analyze effects of error rate.