Mitigating MAC Layer Performance Anomaly of Wi-Fi Networks through Adaptable Channelization
Journal article
Hussain, A, Safyan, M, Sarwar, S, Ul, QZ, Iqbal, M and Saqib, NA (2019). Mitigating MAC Layer Performance Anomaly of Wi-Fi Networks through Adaptable Channelization. Proceedings of ISP RAS. 31 (2), pp. 53-66. https://doi.org/10.15514/ISPRAS-2019-31(2)-5
Authors | Hussain, A, Safyan, M, Sarwar, S, Ul, QZ, Iqbal, M and Saqib, NA |
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Abstract | . 802.11 wireless local area networks (WLANs) can support multiple data rates at physical layer by using adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) scheme. However, this differential data rate capability introduces a serious performance anomaly in WLANs. In a network comprising of several nodes with varying transmission rates, nodes with lower data rate (slow nodes) degrade the throughput of nodes with higher transmission rates (fast nodes). The primary source of this anomaly is the channel access mechanism of WLANs which ensures long term equal channel access probability to all nodes irrespective of their transmission rates. In this work, we investigate the use of adaptable width channelization to minimize the effect of this absurdity in performance. It has been observed that surplus channel-width due to lower transmission rate of slow nodes can be assigned to fast nodes connected to other access points (APs), which can substantially increase the overall throughput of the whole network. We propose a medium access control (MAC) layer independent anomaly prevention (MIAP) algorithm that assigns channel-width to nodes connected with different APs based on their transmission rate. We have modeled the effect of adaptable channelization and provide lower and upper bounds for throughput in various network scenarios. Our empirical results indicate a possible increase in network throughput by more than 20% on employing the proposed MIAP algorithm |
Keywords | Transmission Rates; Channel Access; Adaptive Chanel; Anomaly Prevention; Throughput |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Proceedings of ISP RAS |
Journal citation | 31 (2), pp. 53-66 |
Publisher | Proceedings of ISP RAS |
ISSN | 2079-8156 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.15514/ISPRAS-2019-31(2)-5 |
Publication dates | |
15 Aug 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 03 Aug 2019 |
Deposited | 23 Dec 2019 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/88v40
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