Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access Categories
The performance of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is highly dependent on the processes that are implemented in the Medium Access Control (MAC) sublayer regulated by the IEEE 802.11 standard. In turn, various parameters affect the performance of the MAC sublayer, the most important of which is th...
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| description | The performance of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is highly dependent on the processes that are implemented in the Medium Access Control (MAC) sublayer regulated by the IEEE 802.11 standard. In turn, various parameters affect the performance of the MAC sublayer, the most important of which is the number of stations in the network and the offered load. With the massive growth of multimedia traffic, research of the network performance depending on traffic types is relevant. In this paper, we present the impact of a high-/low-priority traffic ratio on WLAN performance with different numbers of access categories. The simulation results show different impact of high-/low-priority traffic ratio on the performance of the MAC sublayer of wireless LANs depending on different network-sizes and on network conditions. Performance of the large network with two access categories and with the prevalent high-priority traffic is significantly higher than in the case of using four categories on the MAC sublayer. This allows us to conclude that the performance improvement of the large network with the prevalent high-priority traffic can be achieved by an adaptive adjustment of the access categories number on the MAC sublayer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad4e5888990b43fb8b59f44aaefff4db2023-11-21T15:47:02ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942021-04-0113469310.3390/sym13040693Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access CategoriesKvitoslava Obelovska0Olga Panova1Vincent Karovič2Department of Automated Control Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, UkraineDepartment of Automated Control Systems, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79013 Lviv, UkraineDepartment of Information Systems, Faculty of Management, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 81499 Bratislava, SlovakiaThe performance of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is highly dependent on the processes that are implemented in the Medium Access Control (MAC) sublayer regulated by the IEEE 802.11 standard. In turn, various parameters affect the performance of the MAC sublayer, the most important of which is the number of stations in the network and the offered load. With the massive growth of multimedia traffic, research of the network performance depending on traffic types is relevant. In this paper, we present the impact of a high-/low-priority traffic ratio on WLAN performance with different numbers of access categories. The simulation results show different impact of high-/low-priority traffic ratio on the performance of the MAC sublayer of wireless LANs depending on different network-sizes and on network conditions. Performance of the large network with two access categories and with the prevalent high-priority traffic is significantly higher than in the case of using four categories on the MAC sublayer. This allows us to conclude that the performance improvement of the large network with the prevalent high-priority traffic can be achieved by an adaptive adjustment of the access categories number on the MAC sublayer.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/4/693wireless local area networksMAC sublayerEDCA |
| spellingShingle | Kvitoslava Obelovska Olga Panova Vincent Karovič Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access Categories Symmetry wireless local area networks MAC sublayer EDCA |
| title | Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access Categories |
| title_full | Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access Categories |
| title_fullStr | Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access Categories |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access Categories |
| title_short | Performance Analysis of Wireless Local Area Network for a High-/Low-Priority Traffic Ratio at Different Numbers of Access Categories |
| title_sort | performance analysis of wireless local area network for a high low priority traffic ratio at different numbers of access categories |
| topic | wireless local area networks MAC sublayer EDCA |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/4/693 |
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