A MAC Protocol for MIMO Based IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks
Authors: Mirkovic, Jelena and Orfanos, Georgios and Reumerman, Hans-Juergen and Denteneer, Dee
Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University
: Jelena Mirkovic
In Proceedings of Wireless Communications and Network Conference (WCNC) 2007, p. 6, Hong Kong, China,IEEE Communication Society, 2007.
Publication Date: Mar, 2007
On page(s):6
ISBN: 1-4244-0659-5
Abstract
An increasing number of wireless devices and
services imposes higher demands for wireless networks capacity.
Likewise, contemporary bandwidth requirements of each user in
the network rise significantly, being a mixture of traffic types
such as Web surfing, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), video, videoteleconference,
and voice.
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) techniques are
recognized as methods that can meet these requirements, since
they significantly increase the capacity of wireless networks,
without additional bandwidth or transmission power. With a
MIMO physical layer (PHY), the transmission channel gets a
layered structure. Consequently, support from higher layers with
a cross-layer approach [6] that provides efficient management of
the channels spatial layers, can significantly increase the
networks performance on both link and system level.
In this paper a high capacity Medium Access Control (MAC)
protocol for MIMO support is presented. The proposed protocol
is based on IEEE 802.11 standard [3], and provides a flexible and
scalable support for multiple antenna terminals, backwards
compatible with legacy stations.
Author Keywords
MIMO, Spatial Diversity, Spatial Multiplexing, MAC, WLANs, IEEE 802.11
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AUTHOR = {Mirkovic, J. and Orfanos, G. and Reumerman, H.-J. and Denteneer, D.},
TITLE = {A MAC Protocol for MIMO Based IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks},
YEAR = {2007},
MONTH = {Mar},
PAGES = {6},
PUBLISHER = {IEEE Communication Society},
ADDRESS = {Hong Kong, China},
BOOKTITLE = {Proceedings of Wireless Communications and Network Conference (WCNC)
2007},
AFFILIATION = {Department of Communication Networks (ComNets), Faculty 6, RWTH Aachen University},
ISBN = {1-4244-0659-5},
KEYWORDS = {MIMO, Spatial Diversity, Spatial Multiplexing, MAC, WLANs, IEEE 802.11},
LANGUAGE = {English},
LOCATION = {Hong Kong},
URL = {https://www.comnets.rwth-aachen.de}
}
Signature in CN-Library = {Qi 034 (2007)}