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Low power transmission efficient medium access control protocol for IEEE 802.11 infrastructure networks

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Abstract

A new pointer-based wireless medium access control protocol is presented. The new protocol, pointer controlled slot allocation and resynchronisation protocol (PCSAR), was designed for centralized control wireless networks and is based on the existing IEEE 802.11 point coordination function (PCF) standard. OPNET was used to compare the steady state performance of PCSAR with the infrastructure power saving mode of IEEE 802.11, PCF-PS. The results demonstrate that the new protocol offers a significant improvement in energy efficiency without any reduction in performance. For a wireless picocell consisting of an access point and 8 stations in power saving mode, the average energy saving was 40% while using PCSAR instead of the PCF-PS. The results also show that PCSAR shows enhanced throughput and increased transmission efficiency over PCF-PS.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2004

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2004

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

ISBN (Print)

863414400

ISBN (Electronic)

863414400

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/288643

Host publication title

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