An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks
The IEEE 802.11n standard is defined to achieve a high throughput at the MAC layer. This high throughput is accomplished via many enhancements in both the physical and MAC layers. A key enhancement introduced in the 802.11n standard is frame aggregation. Two types of aggregation defined by the 802.11...
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| author | Saif, Anwar Othman, Mohamed K. Subramaniam, Shamala Abdul Hamid, Nor Asila Wati |
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| description | The IEEE 802.11n standard is defined to achieve a high throughput at the MAC layer. This high throughput is accomplished via many enhancements in both the physical and MAC layers. A key enhancement introduced in the 802.11n standard is frame aggregation. Two types of aggregation defined by the 802.11n standard, aggregate MAC service data unit (A-MSDU) and aggregate MAC protocol data unit (A-MPDU). Frame aggregation reduces both the headers and timing overheads at the MAC layer by aggregating multiple frames into a single large frame before being transmitted. The aggregation headers themselves still have a negative impact on the network performance especially when aggregating frames of small payload. Moreover, the lack of partial retransmission in the A-MSDU aggregation is behind its poor performance in error-prone channels. In this paper we proposed an optimized header A-MSDU frame aggregation (OHA-MSDU) with subframes retransmission capability at the MSDU level. The simulation results show the significance of the proposed scheme, especially for applications that have a small frame size such as VoIP. |
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| spelling | upm-337572015-03-27T02:53:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33757/ An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks Saif, Anwar Othman, Mohamed K. Subramaniam, Shamala Abdul Hamid, Nor Asila Wati The IEEE 802.11n standard is defined to achieve a high throughput at the MAC layer. This high throughput is accomplished via many enhancements in both the physical and MAC layers. A key enhancement introduced in the 802.11n standard is frame aggregation. Two types of aggregation defined by the 802.11n standard, aggregate MAC service data unit (A-MSDU) and aggregate MAC protocol data unit (A-MPDU). Frame aggregation reduces both the headers and timing overheads at the MAC layer by aggregating multiple frames into a single large frame before being transmitted. The aggregation headers themselves still have a negative impact on the network performance especially when aggregating frames of small payload. Moreover, the lack of partial retransmission in the A-MSDU aggregation is behind its poor performance in error-prone channels. In this paper we proposed an optimized header A-MSDU frame aggregation (OHA-MSDU) with subframes retransmission capability at the MSDU level. The simulation results show the significance of the proposed scheme, especially for applications that have a small frame size such as VoIP. ScienceDirect (Elsevier Ltd.) 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Saif, Anwar and Othman, Mohamed and K. Subramaniam, Shamala and Abdul Hamid, Nor Asila Wati (2012) An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks. In: International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2012), 4-6 June 2012, Omaha, United States. (pp. 1-10). doi:10.1016/j.procs.2012.04.087 |
| spellingShingle | Saif, Anwar Othman, Mohamed K. Subramaniam, Shamala Abdul Hamid, Nor Asila Wati An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks |
| title | An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks |
| title_full | An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks |
| title_fullStr | An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks |
| title_short | An optimized A-MSDU frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in IEEE 802.11n wireless networks |
| title_sort | optimized a-msdu frame aggregation with subframe retransmission in ieee 802.11n wireless networks |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33757/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33757/ |