• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.287-296
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• 2008

The IEEE 802.11 wireless standard uses the carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) as its MAC protocol (during the distributed coordination function period). This protocol is an adaptation of the CSMA/CD of the wired networks. CSMA/CA mechanism cannot guarantee quality of service (QoS) required by the application because orits random access method. In this study, we propose a new MAC protocol that considers different types of traffic (e.g., voice and data) and for each traffic type different priority levels are assigned. To improve the QoS of IEEE 802.11 MAC protocols over a multi-channel CSMA/CA, we have developed a new admission policy for both voice and data traffics. This protocol can be performed in direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) or frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS). For voice traffic we reserve a channel, while for data traffic the access is random using a CSMA/CA mechanism, and in this case a selective reject and push-out mechanism is added to meet the quality of service required by data traffic. To study the performance of the proposed protocol and to show the benefits of our design, a mathematical model is built based on Markov chains. The system could be represented by a Markov chain which is difficult to solve as the state-space is too large. This is due to the resource management and user mobility. Thus, we propose to build an aggregated Markov chain with a smaller state-space that allows performance measures to be computed easily. We have used stochastic comparisons of Markov chains to prove that the proposed access protocol (with selective reject and push-out mechanisms) gives less loss rates of high priority connections (data and voices) than the traditional one (without admission policy and selective reject and push-out mechanisms). We give numerical results to confirm mathematical proofs.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.181-185
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• 2009

Recently, much attention to a self-organizing mobile ad-hoc network is escalating along with progressive deployment of wireless networks in our everyday life. Being readily deployable, the MANET (mobile ad hoc network) can find its applications to emergency medical service, customized calling service, group-based communications, and military purposes. In this paper we investigate a time slot exchange problem found in the time slot based MAC, that is designed for IEEE 802.11b interfaces composing a MANET. The paper provides a method to maintain the quality of voice call by providing a new time slot when the channel assigned for that time slot gets noisy with interferences induced from other nodes, which belong to the same and/or other subgroups. In order to assess the performance of the proposed algorithm, a set of simulations using the OPNET modeler has been performed assuming that the IEEE 802.11b interfaces are operating under a modified MAC, which is a time slot based reservation MAC implemented in the PCF part of the superframe. In a real-time voice call service over a MANET of a size 500 ${\times}$ 500 meter squares with the number of nodes up to 100, the simulation results are collected and analyzed with respect to the packet loss rate and packet delay. The results show us that the proposed time slot exchange protocol improves the quality of voice call over that of plain DCF.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.1561-1570
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• 2009

Ad Hoc 네트워크는 이동통신망이나 AP (access point)와 통신하는 무선 랜과는 달리 유사한 특징을 가진 모든 단말들이 무선채널을 통해 직접 통신하는 좀 더 진화된 통신망이 라고 할 수 있다. Ad Hoc 네트워크에서 시스템 성능을 높이려는 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있는데 그 중의 하나가 Cooperative 통신이라고 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 Cooperative 통신을 실현할 수 있는 CO-MAC 프로토콜을 제안하고, 수학식을 사용하여 성능평가를 수행하였다. 도출된 성능평가 결과를 통해 IEEE 802.11 표준인 DCF 기법, 그리고 기존 연구에서 제안된 rDCF 기법과 성능비교를 통해 프레임 전송오류 확률이 증가할 때 시스템 처리량이 많이 개선됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.633-640
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• 2005

본 논문은 이중 IEEE 802.11 무선 근거리 통신망 상에서의 경성 실시간 통신을 위한 메시지 스케줄링 기법과 이에 따르는 대역폭 할당 기법을 제안하고 그 성능을 분석한다. 동일한 주기를 갖는 각 네트워크에서 슈퍼프레임이 서로 반주기의 편차를 갖고 진행되도록 함으로써 최대 대기시간을 반으로 감소시키고 비콘 지연 현상이 실시간 트래픽 스케줄링에 주는 영향을 최소화한다. 비콘 지연 현상의 영향이 오프라인시에 형식화되고 고려되어 라운드로빈 방식을 기반으로 PCF 구간의 폴링 스케줄을 결정한다. ns-2에의해 수행된 모의실험은 제안된 방식이 실험을 위해 생성된 메시지 집합에 있어서 동일한 대역폭과 MAC 방식을 갖는 이중 근거리 통신망에 비하여 실시간 메시지의 스케줄가능성을 $36\%$ 향상시킬 수 있으며 비실시간 메시지들에게는 $9\%$의 대역폭을 더 할당할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2007년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.1294-1296
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• 2007

The IEEE 802.11 DCF forces neighboring nodes of an active transmitter to switch into inactive state. This conservative nature brings frame latency at transmitter neighborhood. This work exploits the IEEE 802.11n Frame Aggregation scheme to allow simultaneous transmissions from nodes that are neighbors to each-other. This is accomplished by the synchronization of control and data transmissions in slots of fixed length. Proposed scheme reduces the frame latency and improves aggregated network throughput.

• 한국통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국통신학회 2004년도 추계종합학술대회 논문 초록집
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• pp.31-31
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• 2004

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.324-330
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• 2011

To avoid collisions, IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) uses predetermined inter-frame spaces and the random back-off process. However, the retransmission strategy of IEEE 802.11 MAC results in considerable time wastage. The hidden node problem is well known in wireless networks; it aggravates the consequences of time wastage for retransmission. Many collision prevention and recovery approaches have been proposed to solve the hidden node problem, but all of them have complex control overhead. In this paper, we propose a fast retransmission scheme as a recovery approach. The proposed scheme identifies collisions caused by hidden nodes and then allows retransmission without collision. Analysis and simulations show that the proposed scheme has greater throughput than request-to-send and clear-to-send (RTS/CTS) and a shorter average waiting time.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 합동 추계학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.380-382
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• 2001

This paper presents the implementation of IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Protocol that can be applied to wireless LAN system. We have used PRISM2 chipsets from Intersil to build the baseband, IF, and RF parts. DSSS(Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) physical layer at 2.4GHz ISM band is adopted in the hardware prototype. To meet the high-speed requirement of physical layer, we have designed the MAC protocol layer with embedded firmware and FPGA. The prototype board is shown to be able to support the physical layer of 5GHz and 600Hz wireless LAN systems.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2007

Although the Distributed Coordination Function is the fundamental access protocol of IEEE 802.11, it cannot meet the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements in general. So, the Point Coordinate Function is provided to support QoS related services. However, it has inherent problems. Access point (AP) has no knowledge of the queue status and instantaneous channel condition of stations in the system. In this paper we propose an efficient and versatile polling scheduler that shows excellent throughput and fairness performance. Comparison with well known polling schemes is provided through computer simulation under various channel situations including error prone environments.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 고속 무선 LAN을 위한 MAC 프로토콜 프로세서 프로토타입의 설계 및 구현에 관해 기술하였다. 설계된 프로토콜 프로세서는 5GHz OFDM 물리계층과 인터페이스를 가진다. 먼저 IEEE 802.11 무선 LAN의 MAC 프로토콜 분석을 토대로 하드웨어와 펌웨어로 구현할 MAC 프로토콜 기능들을 분리하고 프레임 단위의 송수신 요구 처리가 가능한 RISC 프로세서와의 인터페이스 및 OFDM 물리계층과의 직렬전송 인터페이스를 설계하였다. 또한， MAC 프로토콜의 고속 처리를 위해 프로토콜 제어기능 및 송수신 기능을 하드웨어로 구현하였다. 개발된 MAC 하드웨어 블록은 10 MHz 주클록에서 동작하며, 이는 물리계층과의 정보교환이 옥텟 단위임을 고려할 때 물리계층에서의 속도 80Mbps에 해당한다. 설계된 FPGA MAC 기능 칩은 역시 본 연구에서 개발된 무선 LAN 시스템 프로토타입 보드에 실장되며, 다양한 DCF 기능에 대한 검증 결과 정상적으로 동작함을 확인하였다.