Cooperative performance bounds of Wireless Local Area Networks

• Author(s): Sadeghi, Rasool ; Barraca, João Paulo ; Aguiar, Rui Luís
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/8880
• Origin: RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro
• Subject(s): Cooperative communication; Wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 standard; WLAN; Capacity gain; Cooperative performance bounds; Delay ratio; Delay reduction; System performance; Wireless local area network
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

In a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), capacity gain and delay reduction play a crucial role in system performance. In this paper, we focus on performance improvements when WLANs exploit the concept of cooperation among nodes. We propose a geometrical model to determine the potential location area of relay nodes. The analytical results are validated by simulation. Performance bounds and average of capacity gain and delay ratio are studied for different IEEE 802.11 standards.