11-00/269
Vinayak Nandikal
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May 5, 2009 doc.: IEEE 802.11-00/269
Introduction
• IEEE802.11 will be an important method for providing
high rate low mobility data services
• While existing capacity may seem high, particularly
for IEEE802.11a, the enterprise environment may
experience capacity limits
• Antenna technologies offer a means to boast
IEEE802.11 capacity without changing the existing
PHYs
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DOCUMENTTYPE 1 (1)
Parameter Value
Data Rate 12 Mbps/channel
Packet Loss Rate 10-2
Channel Model experimental
Number of Antenna 4
Elements
Adjacent BSS Interference varying
Level
Center Frequency 5.3 GHz
Antenna Combining
STA H2[k] x2 [ k , p ] n =1
n
RF A/D FFT
Decoding
H N [k]
H1 [ k ] xN [ k , p ]
H2[k] RF A/D FFT Uplink Operation
w[ k ]
HN [k] Weight
STA Calculation
c[ k ]
STA
IFFT D/A RF
Antenna Weighting
IFFT RF H1 [ k ]
D/A
Coding & H2[k] STA
Modulation
H N [k]
Channel Correlation
average over TX positions
1
Ruoholahti
• The figure to the right 0.99
Heikkiläntie
Airport
Airport 2
shows the correlation
amplitude correlation coefficient
0.98
DOCUMENTTYPE 1 (1)
Parameter Value
Speech Packet Size 640 bits
Video Packet Size 3.8 kb
CFP 1.5 ms
Packet Buffer Lifetime Audio: 5 ms
Video: 100 ms
CFP Repetition Interval 3 ms
Average #of Speech STAs 10/30 users
Average #of Video STAs 10/30 users
Traffic Model:
• All traffic measured in data-units/slot-time
– 1 data-unit takes 1 slot-time for transmission
– Max traffic in network = 1.0
• Audio and video traffic originates from “calls” made
by the user
• Calls are Poisson distributed; once placed, each call
generates periodic packet traffic
• Mean inter-call-arrival-time controls load on the
network
call _ durn
X
int _ call _ arvl _ time
0.8
Normalized Througput
2 0.7
10
PCF Latencies
0.6
0.5
0.4
3
10
0.3
0.2
DCF:PCF = 1:1 No SDMA
DCF:PCF = 1:1 0.1 3channel SDMA
Audio Packets Audio Packets
4
10 0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
4
x 10
4 x 10
Packets/Seconds Packets/Second
0.8
Normalized Throughput
2 0.7
10
0.6
PCF Latencies
0.5
0.4
3
10
0.3
0.2
DCF:PCF = 1:3 DCF:PCF = 1:3 No SDMA
0.1 3channel SDMA
Audio Packets Aduio Packets
4
10 0
0 1 2 3 4 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
4 4
x 10 x 10
Packets/Seconds Packets/Second
0.8
Normalized Throughput
2 0.7
10
0.6
PCF Latencies
0.5
0.4
3
10
0.3
0.2
DCF:PCF = 1:1 DCF:PCF = 1:1
0.1
Video Packets Video Packets
4
10 0
0 100 200 300 400 500 0 100 200 300 400 500
Packets/Seconds Packets/Second
No SDMA 0.9
3channel SDMA
0.8
Normalized Throughput
2
0.7
10
0.6
PCF Latencies
0.5
0.4
3
10 0.3
0.2
DCF:PCF = 1:3 No SDMA
DCF:PCF = 1:3 0.1 3channel SDMA
Video Packets
Video Packets
4 0
10 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
0 200 400 600 800
Packets/Seconds Packets/Second
Conclusions
• Particularly in a large enterprise environment, smart
antennas can help boast capacity
– Wireless office replacement for "wired" Ethernet
– Public service networks such as airports
• Changes to the existing MAC are minor to enable
antenna technologies in IEEE802.11a networks
• SDMA is not for all WLANS
– Multiple antennas cost additional money for the
AP that may not be required in homes and small
businesses