A safe multiple access-rates transmission (SMART) scheme for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

Shiann Tsong Sheu, Jenhui Chen, Hsueh Wen Tseng, Hsien Ta Chiang

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Abstract

The IEEE 802.11 standard and enhanced amendments have defined fourteen transmission rates (1/2/5.5/6/9/11/12/18/22/24/33/36/48/54 Mbit/s) for mobile stations to transmit and receive data frames. With the characteristic of modulation schemes, a higher level modulation scheme requires a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and, consequently, the data rate is inversely proportional with the transmission distance. Using a higher level modulation scheme, a higher network throughput can be expected; however, the frame error probability will also become higher. Doubtlessly, it is an open issue of selecting a proper modulation scheme for a pair of mobile stations in a time-varying indoor environment. This paper proposes a safe multiple access-rates transmission (SMART) scheme for enhancing the reliability of data transmission in the IEEE 802.11 multi-rate infrastructure wireless networks. The SMART scheme provides reliable transmission by reserving a retransmission period, which immediately follows the transmitted frame and is estimated from a lower transmission rate, for each transmitted frame. If any error occurs on the transmitted frame, the sender will retransmit it right away by using a lower transmission rate to make sure of successful retransmission. Otherwise, the reserved period will be taken by the access point (AP), which often has the longest waiting queue and is the bottleneck in infrastructure wireless networks. The efficiency of the proposed SMART scheme is evaluated by simulation. Simulation results show that the derived performance of the SMART scheme is significantly better than standard under the real environment with asymmetric traffic load.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 17th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2003
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages172-175
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)0769519067
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Event17th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2003 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 27 Mar 200329 Mar 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA
Volume2003-January
ISSN (Print)1550-445X

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2003
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period27/03/0329/03/03

Keywords

  • Wireless networks

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