According to the amendment 5 of the IEEE 802.11 standard, 802.11 n still uses the
distributed coordination function (DCF) access method as mandatory function in access …

This paper introduces an accurate analysis using three dimensional Markov chain modeling
to compute the IEEE 802.11 DCF performance under heavy traffic conditions and absence of …

IEEE 802.11 is the most important standard for wireless local area networks (WLANs). In
IEEE 802.11, the fundamental medium access control (MAC) scheme is the distributed …

IEEE 802.11 defines distributed coordination function (DCF), which is characterized by
CSMA/CA and binary exponential backoff (BEB) algorithm. Most modifications on DCF so far …

Wireless local area networks (WLANs) are extremely popular being almost everywhere
including business, office and home deployments. The IEEE 802.11 protocol is the …

IEEE 802.11 is worldwide established and the most used protocol for wireless local area
networks (WLANs). In this paper, we propose an improved analytical model that calculates …

In this letter, we propose a novel Markov chain model for IEEE 802.11 WLAN, considering a
commonly used data rate switching mechanism. In the proposed model, both collision and …

Analytical models of the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) have numerous
applications in the performance analysis of IEEE 802.11 networks. The model proposed in …

In this paper, we propose an analytical model to evaluate the hidden station effect on the
performance of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function (DCF). DCF is a random …

This paper presents an analytical saturation throughput model of IEEE 802.11 DCF
(distributed coordination function) with basic access in ad hoc mode. The model takes into …