Title
An efficient and dynamic backoff algorithm for IEEE 802.11 networks.
Abstract
Performance of Wireless LAN can be improved at each layer of the protocol stack with respect to energy efficiency. The Media Access Control layer is responsible for the key functions like access control and flow control. During contention, Backoff algorithm is used to gain access to the medium with minimum probability of collision. After studying different variations of backoff algorithms, a new variant called History based Probabilistic Backoff Algorithm is proposed. Mathematical analysis and simulation results using NS-2 with parameters like retransmission counts, saturated throughput, transmission delay, different data sizes and different traffic patterns was carried out. It is seen that proposed History based Probabilistic Backoff algorithm outperforms the other backoff algorithms.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/s13198-012-0099-4
Int. J. Systems Assurance Engineering and Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
Media Access Control, Backoff algorithm, Contention Window, Local Area Networks, Efficiency
Exponential backoff,Media access control,IEEE 802.11,Retransmission,Computer science,Transmission delay,Algorithm,Computer network,Distributed coordination function,Throughput,Probabilistic logic
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
2
0976-4348
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.35
6
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Narendran Rajagopalan162.85
C. Mala2259.19