Improving throughput and fairness in WLANs through dynamically optimizing backoff
Given the limited channel capacity in wireless LANs, it is important to achieve high
throughput and good fairness through medium access control (MAC) schemes. Although …
throughput and good fairness through medium access control (MAC) schemes. Although …
Achieving weighted fairness between uplink and downlink in IEEE 802.11 DCF-based WLANs
J Jeong, S Choi, C Kim - … Conference on Quality of Service in …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we first propose an analytical model of WLANs (wireless LANs) with an
arbitrary backoff distribution and AIFS (arbitration inter-frame space). From the analysis, we …
arbitrary backoff distribution and AIFS (arbitration inter-frame space). From the analysis, we …
To send or not to send-learning MAC contention
The exponential back-off mechanism, proposed for reducing MAC-layer contention in the
802.11 standard, is sub-optimal in terms of the network throughput. This back-off mechanism …
802.11 standard, is sub-optimal in terms of the network throughput. This back-off mechanism …
Contention control: A game-theoretic approach
We present a game-theoretic approach to contention control. We define a game-theoretic
model, called random access game, to capture the contention/interaction among wireless …
model, called random access game, to capture the contention/interaction among wireless …
A wireless MAC protocol using implicit pipelining
X Yang, NH Vaidya - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In distributed multiple access control protocols, two categories of overhead are usually
associated with contention resolution. One is channel idle overhead, where all contending …
associated with contention resolution. One is channel idle overhead, where all contending …
Contention window adjustment for IEEE 802.11 WLANs: a control-theoretic approach
Q Xia, M Hamdi - 2006 IEEE international conference on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
IEEE 802.11 is currently the most popular standard for Wireless LANs. The Distributed
Coordination Function (DCF) defines the primary medium access control of 802.11, which …
Coordination Function (DCF) defines the primary medium access control of 802.11, which …
A novel contention-based MAC protocol with channel reservation for wireless LANs
M Ma, Y Yang - IEEE transactions on wireless communications, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a novel contention-based medium access control (MAC) protocol,
namely, the Channel Reservation MAC (CR-MAC) protocol. The CR-MAC protocol takes …
namely, the Channel Reservation MAC (CR-MAC) protocol. The CR-MAC protocol takes …
Performance comparison of uplink WLANs with single-user and multi-user MIMO schemes
In this paper, we compare the performance of wireless local area networks (WLANs) with
single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) in terms of collision …
single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) in terms of collision …
Optimal constant-window backoff scheme for IEEE 802.11 DCF in single-hop wireless networks under finite load conditions
H Anouar, C Bonnet - Wireless Personal Communications, 2007 - Springer
Existing backoff scheme's optimization of IEEE 802.11 DCF MAC protocol consider only
saturated networks or asymptotic conditions. In real situations, traffic is bursty or streamed at …
saturated networks or asymptotic conditions. In real situations, traffic is bursty or streamed at …
ADV-MAC: Analysis and optimization of energy efficiency through data advertisements for wireless sensor networks
S Ray, I Demirkol, W Heinzelman - Ad Hoc Networks, 2011 - Elsevier
Several Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols have been proposed for wireless sensor
networks with the objective of minimizing energy consumption. For example, Sensor-MAC (S …
networks with the objective of minimizing energy consumption. For example, Sensor-MAC (S …