Saturation throughput analysis of multiband-OFDM ultra wideband networks

Liaoyuan Zeng, Eduardo Cano, Sean McGrath

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Abstract

The saturation throughput analysis of the Prioritized Contention Access (PCA) of the WiMedia Ultra Wideband (UWB) standard is presented in this paper. In the WiMedia standard, the Multiband Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (MB-OFDM) is used as the basic physical scheme. An in-depth Bit Error Rate (BER) performance analysis of the MB-OFDM UWB system using IEEE 802.15.3a channel models is conducted to aid the throughput analysis. The PCA throughput performance analysis is carried out by extending an original Enhanced Distributed Contention Access (EDCA) model for 802.1 le into the MB-OFDM UWB protocol. The extended model considers the effects of the bit error rate, the transmission opportunity limits, and the uniqueness of WiMedia MAC timing structure. The results illustrate that the station saturation throughput of the PCA scheme is sensitive to the frame payload length, and there exists an optimal frame payload length that maximizes the saturation throughput. The results also show that the saturation throughput of the Access Category (AC) with higher priority outperforms the lower prioritized AC under all types of BER conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication5th International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems, BROADNETS 2008
Pages506-513
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event5th International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems, BROADNETS 2008 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 8 Sep 200811 Sep 2008

Publication series

Name5th International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems, BROADNETS 2008

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems, BROADNETS 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period8/09/0811/09/08

Keywords

  • Bit error rate
  • Frame length
  • Multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • Prioritized contention access
  • Saturation throughput
  • Ultra wideband

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