10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness

Research Article

IEEE 802.11ax: Next Generation Wireless Local Area Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256586,
        author={Der-Jiunn Deng and Kwang-Cheng Chen and Rung-Shiang Cheng},
        title={IEEE 802.11ax: Next Generation Wireless Local Area Networks},
        proceedings={10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={QSHINE},
        year={2014},
        month={9},
        keywords={80211ax wlans grap ofdma mu-mimo medium access control multiple access},
        doi={10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256586}
    }
    
  • Der-Jiunn Deng
    Kwang-Cheng Chen
    Rung-Shiang Cheng
    Year: 2014
    IEEE 802.11ax: Next Generation Wireless Local Area Networks
    QSHINE
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.qshine.2014.256586
Der-Jiunn Deng1, Kwang-Cheng Chen2,*, Rung-Shiang Cheng3
  • 1: National Changhua University of Education
  • 2: National Taiwan University
  • 3: Kun Shan University
*Contact email: ckc@ntu.edu.tw

Abstract

Recently, IEEE 802 started a task group to investigate and deliver next generation WLAN technologies for the scenarios of dense networks with a large number of stations and access point. The proposal is specified as the IEEE 802.11ax amendment. Due to the significant network capacity increase achieved by 802.11ax, the term high-efficiency WLAN (HEW) is also used in reference to this new amendment. This paper summarizes the IEEE 802.11ax standardization activities in progress and presents an overview of the most important features proposed in the 802.11ax amendment. Expected features and challenges for 802.11ax in the design of physical layer (PHY) and media access control sub-layer (MAC), toward a new era of wireless LANs, are also discussed.