Error Performance of FH Wireless LANs in DS and Tone Interference

  • Authors:
  • Farshad Eshghi;Ahmed K. Elhakeem

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada E-mail: farshad@ece.concordia.ca;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, H3G 1M8, Canada E-mail: ahmed@ece.concordia.ca

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In this paper the bit error probability of the SFH/MFSK system in presence ofwideband and tone interference in a fading environment is evaluated.Simultaneous license-free operation of tone-like applications, FrequencyHopping (FH), and Direct Sequence (DS) based LAN clusters is assumed to be theprime interference facing the subject FH wireless LAN (of the IEEE 802.11standard). The wideband DS interference is considered to have asinc2() shape Power Spectral Density (PSD) centered at the middleof FH signal band and tone interferers are assumed to be spread over the wholeFH band of the intended signal. Assumptions of slow non-selective fading alongwith slow hopping justify a quasi-static treatment. Results shows that the FHsystem is more sensitive to tone interference and fading and less sensitiveto wideband interference variations. The paper sheds light on the performanceof wireless LAN operation in the unlicensed free band where many other LANsmay exist.