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Real-Time Performance Analysis of Infrastructure-based IEEE 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function
With the increasing popularity of wireless networks, wireless local area
networks (WLANs) have attracted significant research interest, which play a
critical role in providing anywhere and anytime connectivity. For WLANs the
IEEE 802.11 standard is the most mature technology and has been widely adopted
for wireless networks. This paper analyzes real-time performance of the IEEE
802.11 standard that adopts the MAC protocol of Distributed Coordination
Function (DCF) operating in infrastructure mode. Extensive simulations have
been done to examine how the network performance in terms of realtime metrics
including effective data rate, latency and packet loss rate will be impacted by
some critical parameters (e.g. CWmin and packet payload). The results are
presented and analyzed. The analysis of simulation results can provide support
for parameter configuration and optimization of WLANs for realtime
applications