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    Saturation Throughput Analysis of Error-Prone 802.11 Wireless Networks


    Ni, Qiang and Li, Tianji and Turletti, Thierry and Xiao, Yang (2005) Saturation Throughput Analysis of Error-Prone 802.11 Wireless Networks. Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing.

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    Abstract

    It is well known that the medium access control (MAC) layer is the main bottleneck for the IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. Much work has been done on performance analysis of the 802.11 MAC. However, most of them assume that the wireless channel is error-free. In this paper, we investigate the saturation throughput performance achieved at the MAC layer, in both congested and error prone channels. We provide a simple and accurate analytical model to calculate the MAC throughput. The model is validated through extensive simulation results. Our results show that channel errors have a significant impact on the system performance.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: KEYWORDS:IEEE 802.11, wireless LAN (WLAN), medium access control (MAC), distributed coordination function (DCF), saturation throughput, transmission error, collision
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute
    Item ID: 1201
    Depositing User: Tianji Li
    Date Deposited: 22 Jan 2009 14:19
    Journal or Publication Title: Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
    Refereed: Yes
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      Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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