IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol Performance Evaluation in Operational Environments

Abstract

The IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol is widely used for wireless local area networks. Consequently, it is important to examine the protocol performance in operational environments. This thesis presents a simulation study of the performance of the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol in multihop, jamming, and mobile node environments. The effects of the request-to-send mechanism and fragmentation in these environments are also studied. The average throughput and delay are obtained from the simulation and these results are then used to analyze the protocol performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401767

Entities

People

  • Kacha Jitpanya

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Application Protocols
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Digital Communications
  • Information Science
  • Local Area Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Network Protocols
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Links
  • Radio Receivers
  • Radio Transmitters
  • Simulations
  • Throughput

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking