The impact of RTS threshold on IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol

Shiann Tsong Sheu; Tobias Chen; Jenhui Chen; Fun Ye

doi:10.1109/ICPADS.2002.1183410

The impact of RTS threshold on IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol

Shiann Tsong Sheu, Tobias Chen, Jenhui Chen, Fun Ye

Department of Communication Engineering

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Abstract

Wireless technologies and applications received great attention in recent years. The medium access control (MAC) protocol is the main element that determines the efficiency in sharing the limited communication bandwidth of the wireless channel in wireless local area networks (WLANs). The request-to-send/clear-to-send (RTSICTS) mechanism is an optional handshaking procedure used by the IEEE 802.11 wireless network to reduce the possibility of collision. The RTS-Threshold (RT) value which determines when the RTS/CTS handshaking mechanism should be used is an important parameter to investigate; since different RT values will produce different performance characteristics in data transmission. This paper presents an analysis of the influence of the RT parameter on the IEEE 802.11 wireless network, and gives a guideline to dynamically adjust the RT value. Simulation results of this paper show that the RTSICTS mechanism should be always turned on (RT = 0) to achieve an excellent performance while saving complex work designing a dynamic RT mechanism which will not have notable effect.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2002
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	267-272
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	0769517609
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPADS.2002.1183410
State	Published - 2002
Event	9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2002 - Taiwan, China Duration: 17 Dec 2002 → 20 Dec 2002

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems - ICPADS
Volume	2002-January
ISSN (Print)	1521-9097

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Conference	9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2002
Country/Territory	China
City	Taiwan
Period	17/12/02 → 20/12/02

Keywords

Access protocols
Application software
Bandwidth
Computer science
Data communication
Media Access Protocol
Throughput
Wireless application protocol
Wireless LAN
Wireless networks

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Sheu, S. T., Chen, T., Chen, J., & Ye, F. (2002). The impact of RTS threshold on IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol. In Proceedings - 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2002 (pp. 267-272). Article 1183410 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems - ICPADS; Vol. 2002-January). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPADS.2002.1183410

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Sheu, ST, Chen, T, Chen, J & Ye, F 2002, The impact of RTS threshold on IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol. in Proceedings - 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2002., 1183410, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems - ICPADS, vol. 2002-January, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 267-272, 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2002, Taiwan, China, 17/12/02. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPADS.2002.1183410

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Proceedings - 9th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2002. IEEE Computer Society, 2002. p. 267-272 1183410 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems - ICPADS; Vol. 2002-January).

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