Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11e block ACK scheme in a noisy channel

Tianji Li; Qiang Ni; Thierry Turletti; Yang Xiao

1st Annual Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11e block ACK scheme in a noisy channel

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    author={Tianji Li  and Qiang Ni and Thierry Turletti and Yang Xiao},
    title={Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11e block ACK scheme in a noisy channel},
    proceedings={1st Annual Conference on Broadband Networks},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
    year={2006},
    month={2},
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    doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589655}
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Tianji Li
Qiang Ni
Thierry Turletti
Yang Xiao
Year: 2006
Performance analysis of the IEEE 802.11e block ACK scheme in a noisy channel
BROADNETS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589655

Tianji Li ¹^,*, Qiang Ni¹^,*, Thierry Turletti²^,*, Yang Xiao³^,*

1: Hamilton Institute, NUIM, Ireland
2: Planete Group, INRIA, France
3: University of Memphis, USA

*Contact email: tianji.li@nuim.ie, qiang.ni@nuim.ie, turletti@sophia.inria.fr, yangxiao@ieee.org

Abstract

A block ACK (BTA) scheme has been proposed in IEEE 802.11e to improve medium access control (MAC) layer performance. It is also a promising technique for next-generation high-speed wireless LANs (WLANs) such as IEEE 802.11n. We present a theoretical model to evaluate MAC saturation throughput of this scheme. This model takes into account the effects of both collisions and transmission errors in a noisy channel. The accuracy of this model is validated by NS-2 simulations.

Published: 2006-02-13
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589655