Paper Info
Title
MAC Layer Mitigation of Interference Between IEEE 802.11a and Ultra Wideband (UWB) Systems
Abstract
The performance of an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) system in the presence of IEEE 802.11a interference is evaluated. Our results indicate that IEEE 802.11a interference can cause a signiflcant increase in the bit error rate and a severe degradation of the attainable throughput of UWB systems. We propose a novel idea in the medium access control (MAC) layer in order to mitigate this interference. We demonstrate this idea by simulating an independent device capa- ble of moderating IEEE 802.11a transmissions, thereby allowing UWB stations to communicate without interference. Our simulation results further demonstrate the feasibility of such simple and inexpensive third party devices that can be used within future homes and o-ces to guarantee coexistence of the two systems.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2006
Communications in Computing
uwb,ieee 802.11a,medium access control,ultra wideband,mac,interference,bit error rate
Field
DocType
Citations 
IEEE 802.11a-1999,Computer science,Computer network,Electronic engineering,Ultra-wideband,Interference (wave propagation)
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lakshmi Chakrapani100.34
Nikil Jayant210223.17
Babak Firoozbakhsh300.34