Considering Frame Aggregation in Association Optimization for High Throughput Wi-Fi Networks

Isabelle Guérin Lassous 1 Anthony Busson 1 Mohammed Amer 1
1 DANTE - Dynamic Networks : Temporal and Structural Capture Approach
Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, LIP - Laboratoire de l'Informatique du Parallélisme, IXXI - Institut Rhône-Alpin des systèmes complexes
Abstract : Optimization of the association between wireless stations and access points (APs) has shown its effectiveness to improve the overall performance of wireless LAN. Most of the previous works do not consider the latest amendments of the IEEE 802.11 standard. The main challenges are to propose models that take into account recent enhancements such as spatial multiplexing (MIMO) at the physical layer and frame aggregation mechanism at the MAC layer. To assess these new features, we derive an association optimization approach based on a new metric, named Hypothetical Busy Time Fraction (H-BTF), that combines the classical Busy Time Fraction (BTF) and the frame aggregation mechanism. This metric is based on local measurements like throughput demand and frame error rate for each station. The model estimates the H-BTF of each AP for any configuration and is thus able to predict H-BTF for other association scheme. Association is then optimized to minimize the load of the busiest APs. This load balancing between APs aims to satisfy stations with regard to their throughput demands. Numerical evaluations performed with the network simulator ns-3 have shown the accuracy of the proposed approach for a large set of scenarios and a significant benefit for the stations in terms of throughput and satisfaction.
Document type :
Conference papers
Complete list of metadatas
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01965315
Contributor : Isabelle Guérin Lassous <>
Submitted on : Tuesday, December 25, 2018 - 11:20:52 PM
Last modification on : Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 7:48:12 PM

Identifiers

Collections

UNIV-LYON3 | ENS-LYON | UNIV-LYON1 | INSA-LYON | INRIA | LIP | LYON2 | INSA-GROUPE | UGA

Citation

Isabelle Guérin Lassous, Anthony Busson, Mohammed Amer. Considering Frame Aggregation in Association Optimization for High Throughput Wi-Fi Networks. PE-WASUN 2018 - 15th ACM International Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, & Ubiquitous Networks, Oct 2018, Montreal, Canada. pp.55-62, ⟨10.1145/3243046.3243057⟩. ⟨hal-01965315⟩

Export

BibTeX TEI DC DCterms EndNote

Share

Metrics

Record views

100

Contact


archive-ouverte@inria.fr