Impact of the users' distribution on the IEEE 802.11a MAC protocol fairness and performance

Dunat, Jean-Christophe;Elicegui, Lucas;Bonnet, Christian
PIMRC 2004, 15th IEEE international symposium on personal, indoor and mobile radio communications, 5-8 September, 2004, Barcelona, Spain

The IEEE 802.11a technology is rapidly being deployed offering many advantages to users. However, the MAC protocol suffers problems such as hidden nodes and capture effects, leading to degraded performance. This article investigates the impact of the users' distribution (uniform and micro-cluster) on the protocol fairness and performance.


DOI
Type:
Conférence
City:
Barcelona
Date:
2004-09-15
Department:
Systèmes de Communication
Eurecom Ref:
1368
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