Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems. 7th International ICST Conference, BROADNETS 2010, Athens, Greece, October 25–27, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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Binary Symmetric Channel Based Aggregation with Coding for 802.11n WLANs

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30376-0_17,
        author={Xiaomin Chen and Vijay Subramanian and Douglas Leith},
        title={Binary Symmetric Channel Based Aggregation with Coding for 802.11n WLANs},
        proceedings={Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems. 7th International ICST Conference, BROADNETS 2010, Athens, Greece, October 25--27, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={binary symmetric channel packet aggregation superposition coding multi-user channel},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30376-0_17}
    }
    
  • Xiaomin Chen
    Vijay Subramanian
    Douglas Leith
    Year: 2012
    Binary Symmetric Channel Based Aggregation with Coding for 802.11n WLANs
    BROADNETS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30376-0_17
Xiaomin Chen1,*, Vijay Subramanian1,*, Douglas Leith1,*
  • 1: NUI Maynooth
*Contact email: Xiaomin.Chen@nuim.ie, Vijay.Subramanian@nuim.ie, Doug.Leith@nuim.ie

Abstract

In this paper we present the first detailed theoretical analysis of the potential performance gains of adopting a BSC paradigm in 802.11 WLANs. Importantly, we also consider the multi-user channel aspect of a WLAN i.e. that transmissions are inherently broadcast in nature. We find that increases in network throughput of more than 100% are possible over a wide range of SNRs. These performance gains are achieved exclusively through software rather than hardware changes.