Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Wireless LAN Using R-ISMA

Gang WU
Takeshi OKAZAKI
Yoshihiro HASE

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E80-A    No.7    pp.1272-1280
Publication Date: 1997/07/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Multi-dimensional Mobile Information Network)
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Keyword: 
wireless LAN,  MAC protocol,  hybrid system construction,  TFA analysis,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, we propose a modified R-ISMA (reserved idle signal multiple access) protocol for a wireless local area network (WLAN) with a hybrid system construction. The protocol can support a basic service area as large as that supported by a centralized system and allows the direct transmission between neighbor stations as in a distributed system without the problem of hidden terminals. Since a polling scheme is used during transmission of information packets, an ARQ (auto repeat request) scheme is easily applied. A dynamic analysis using transient fluid approximation analysys is used for performance evaluation. In the analysis, we use Fritchman channel model to describe a burst error environment. Some numerical examples using a set of practical system parameters are given. It is shown that the system performance is improved compared with a centralized system with R-ISMA.