A novel self-adaptive transmission scheme over an IEEE 802.11 WLAN for supporting multi-service: Research Articles

Authors:
Changle Li;Jiandong Li;Xuelian Cai
Affiliations:
State Key Laboratory of ISN, Information Science Institute, Broadband Wireless Communications Laboratory, Xidian University, 710071, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China;State Key Laboratory of ISN, Information Science Institute, Broadband Wireless Communications Laboratory, Xidian University, 710071, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China;State Key Laboratory of ISN, Information Science Institute, Broadband Wireless Communications Laboratory, Xidian University, 710071, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Venue:
Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) media access control (MAC) specification is a hybrid protocol of random access and polling when both distributed coordination function (DCF) and point coordination function (PCF) are used. Data traffic is transmitted with the DCF, while voice transmission is carried out with the PCF. Based on the performance analysis of the MAC protocol for integrated data and voice transmission by simulation, this paper puts forward a self-adaptive transmission scheme to support multi-service over the IEEE 802.11 WLAN. The simulation results show that, on the premise of satisfying the maximum allowable delay of packet voice, the self-adaptive transmission scheme can improve the data traffic performance and increase the WLAN capacity through dynamic and appropriate adjustment of the protocol parameters. Especially, voice traffic is sensitive to delay jitter, and the self-adaptive scheme can effectively decrease it. Finally, it is worth noting that the adaptive scheme is easy to be realized, whereas no change in the MAC protocol is needed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.This work was supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China under contract No. 60372048 and Microsoft Research Asia, Teaching Research Award Program for Outstanding Young Teachers in Higher Education Institutions of MOE, P.R.C., Key Project of National Nature Science Foundation of China under contract No. 60496316, Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education under contract No. 104171, and National ‘863’ Program of China under contract No. 2001AA123031.