Abstract:
IEEE 802.11 systems are drawing an ever increasing interest for wireless industrial communication, also thanks to the interesting features provided by the most recent and...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
IEEE 802.11 systems are drawing an ever increasing interest for wireless industrial communication, also thanks to the interesting features provided by the most recent and advanced amendments to this standard, such as IEEE 802.11n. Due to the intrinsic unreliability of the wireless medium, the current research efforts aim at improving both timeliness and reliability of such a protocol in view of its adoption for real-time applications. A significant issue in this context is represented by the reduction of the randomness that affects packet delivery times. An important benefit in this direction can be obtained by the deactivation of the standard legacy carrier sensing and backoff procedures. In this paper we show, through a simulative assessment, that a fine control of such features leads to improved real-time performance.
Date of Conference: 27-29 May 2015
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 16 July 2015
Electronic ISBN:978-1-4799-8244-8