scholarly journals Latency and Jitter Analysis for IEEE 802.11e Wireless LANs

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sungkwan Youm ◽  
Eui-Jik Kim
Keyword(s):  
Local Area ◽  
Ieee 802.11E ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Mac Layer ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Distributed Coordination Function ◽  
Packet Latency ◽  
Coordination Function ◽  
The Voice

This paper presents a numerical analysis of latency and jitter for IEEE 802.11e wireless local area networks (WLANs) in a saturation condition, by using a Markov model. We use this model to explicate how the enhanced distributed coordination function (EDCF) differentiates classes of service and to characterize the probability distribution of the medium access control (MAC) layer packet latency and jitter, on which the quality of the voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calls is dependent. From the proposed analytic model, we can estimate the available number of nodes determining the system performance, in order to satisfy user demands on the latency and jitter.

scholarly journals Improving WLAN Quality of Services (Qos) Using Opnet

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-211
Author(s):  
Ishwar Baidari ◽  
S. P. Sajjan ◽  
Ajeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Ieee 802.11 ◽  
Local Area Networks ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Wireless Local Area Networks ◽  
Ieee 802.11E ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Access Delay ◽  
Coordination Function

Wireless local area networks (WLANs) are in a period of great expansion and there is a strong need for them to support multimedia applications. With the increasing demand and penetration of wireless services, users of wireless networks now expect Quality of Service (QoS) and performance comparable to what is available from fixed networks. Providing QoS requirements like good throughput and minimum access delay are challenging tasks with regard to 802.11 WLAN protocols and Medium Access Control (MAC) functions. This research is done to study, the presently implemented schemes (the Point Coordination Function (PCF) of IEEE 802.11, the Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function (EDCF) of the proposed IEEE 802.11e extension to IEEE 802.11), solves these issues and what can be done to improve them further. The metrics used were Throughput, Data Drop, Retransmission and Medium Access Delay, to analyze the performance of various MAC protocols in providing QoS to users of WLAN. Two scenarios, with same Physical and MAC parameters, one implementing the DCF and other EDCF, were created in the network simulation tool (OPNET MODELER) to obtain the results. The results showed that the performance of EDCF was better in providing QoS for real-time interactive services (like video conferencing) as compared to DCF, because of its ability to differentiate and prioritize various services. Index Terms - Wireless local area networks (WLANs),

ANALISIS PERBANDINGAN KINERJA TRANSPORT PROTOCOL PADA WIRELESS LAN DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE DCF DAN DCF

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ngurah Dwi Mulyartha ◽  
Nurain Silalahi ◽  
Nyoman Bogi A. K.
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc Network ◽  
Wireless Lan ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Transport Protocol ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Mac Layer ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Distributed Coordination Function ◽  
Infrastructure Network ◽  
Coordination Function

EEE 802.11 adalah protokol standar yang digunakan pada wireless LAN dan memiliki Medium Access Control (MAC) layer yang mendukung pengiriman data tak sinkron (asynchronous) untuk jaringan wireless baik pada infrastructure network dan ad hoc network. MAC menggunakan dua metode akses yaitu Point Coordination Function (PCF) dan Distributed Coordination Function (DCF), dimana DCF dikembangkan menjadi DCF+. Penelitian ini mensimulasikan ad hoc Network menggunakan perangkat bantu Borland Delphi dan dari hasil simulasi dianalisa performansi dari MAC dengan membandingkan parameter Throughput, Delay, Goodput dan Fairness antara metode DCF dan DCF+.

scholarly journals A Novel Prioritization Scheme to Improve QoS in IEEE 802.11e Networks

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navid Tadayon ◽  
Saadan Zokaei ◽  
Elaheh Askari
Keyword(s):  
Ieee 802.11E ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Mac Layer ◽  
Distributed Coordination Function ◽  
Wireless Medium ◽  
802.11 Wlan ◽  
Well Differentiated ◽  
Coordination Function ◽  
Prioritization Scheme

IEEE 802.11 WLAN utilizes a distributed function at its MAC layer, namely, DCF to access the wireless medium. Due to its distributed nature, DCF is able to guarantee working stability in a wireless medium while maintaining the assembling and maintenance cost in a low level. However, DCF is inefficient in dealing with real-time traffics due to its incapability on providing QoS. IEEE 802.11e was introduced as a supplementary standard to cope with this problem. This standard introduces an Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function (EDCF) that works based on diff-Serve model and can serve multiple classes of traffics (by using different prioritizations schemes). With the emergence of new time-sensitive applications, EDCF has proved to be yet inefficient in dealing with these kinds of traffics because it could not provide network with well-differentiated QoS. In this study, we propose a novel prioritization scheme to improve QoS level in IEEE 802.11e network. In this scheme, we replace Uniform PDF with Gamma PDF, which has salient differentiating properties. We investigate the suitability and superiority of this scheme on furnishing network with well-differentiated QoS using probabilistic analysis. We strengthen our claims by extensive simulation runs.

Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function of MAC for VoIP Services Using IEEE802.11 Networks

2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 2304-2309
Author(s):  
B. Suvarna Vignan ◽  
B. Lalu Naick
Keyword(s):  
Mac Protocol ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Contention Window ◽  
Collision Probability ◽  
Network Simulator ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Packet Collision ◽  
Distributed Coordination Function ◽  
Coordination Function

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is an important service with strict Quality-of-Service (QoS) requirements with in wireless local area networks. The popular Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) of IEEE802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol adopts Multiplicative Increase and linear Decrease procedure to reduce the packet collision probability in WLANs. In DCF, the size of contention window is doubled upon a collision regardless of the network loads. This paper presents an enhanced DCF scheme to improve the QoS of VoIP in WLANs. This scheme applies a threshold of the collision rate to switch between two different functions for increasing the size of contention window based on the status of network loads. The performance of this scheme investigated and compared to the original DCF using the network simulator NS-2. Under the high traffic loads the packet loss probability decreases with the enhanced DCF compared to the original DCF. Some other parameters like throughput and access delay is decreased with the enhanced DCF.

Improving WLAN Performance by Modifying an IEEE 802.11 Protocol

2013 ◽  
pp. 15-32
Author(s):  
Nurul I. Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Ieee 802.11 ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Packet Delay ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Bandwidth Utilization ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
802.11 Dcf ◽  
802.11 Networks ◽  
Distributed Coordination Function ◽  
Coordination Function

One of the limitations of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function (DCF) protocol is its low bandwidth utilization under medium-to-high traffic loads resulting in low throughput and high packet delay. To overcome performance problems, traditional IEEE 802.11 DCF (“DCF”) protocol is modified to the buffer unit multiple access (BUMA) protocol. The BUMA protocol achieves a better system performance by introducing a temporary buffer unit at the medium access control (MAC) layer to accumulate multiple packets and combine them into a single packet (with a header and a trailer) before transmission. This paper provides an in-depth performance evaluation (by simulation) of BUMA for multiuser ad hoc and infrastructure networks. Results obtained show that the BUMA is more efficient than that of DCF. The BUMA protocol is simple and its algorithm (software) can be upgraded to 802.11 networks requiring no hardware changes. The BUMA protocol is described and simulation results are presented to verify the performance.

scholarly journals Enhancing MAC performance of DCF protocol for IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
Woo-Yong Choi
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Medium Access Control ◽  
Ieee 802.11 ◽  
Wireless Lans ◽  
Medium Access Control Protocol ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Medium Access ◽  
Distributed Coordination Function ◽  
802.11 Wireless Lans ◽  
Coordination Function

Abstract The DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) is the basic MAC (Medium Access Control) protocol of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs and compatible with various IEEE 802.11 PHY extensions. The performance of the DCF degrades exponentially as the number of nodes participating in the DCF transmission procedure increases. To deal with this problem, we propose a simple, however efficient modification of the DCF by which the performance of the DCF is greatly enhanced.

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