High-Density and De-Densified Smart Campus Communications. Daniel Minoli
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СКАЧАТЬ of the next frame. Various types of waiting times Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) scheme are listed below (these values typically depend on the standard, e.g. 802.11n, 802.11 ac). Reduced Inter‐frame Space (RIFS) A very short‐duration IFS spacing that has been used to send a burst of high‐priority frames. When a station needs to send multiple frames, RIFS is introduced between the individual frames to ensure that no other station finds an opportunity to occupy the channel within the frame burst. The use of RIFS is obsoleted from 802.11ac amendment onward (for compatibility, it is now set to zero). Short Inter‐frame Space (SIFS) The time interval required by a station that runs between receiving a frame and responding to the frame. It is used in the DCF scheme, which is the baseline technique used to prevent collisions. It is the IFS spacing maintained before and after the transmission of an acknowledgment frame and Clear To Send (CTS) frame. For example, in 802.11ac the SIFS is 16 μs. Point Coordination Function (PCF) Inter‐frame Space (PIFS) An IFS spacing used in the DCF. In coordinating the communications centrally, the AP waits for PIFS duration to acquire the channel. Because PIFS is less than the DIFS duration, the AP always has the priority to access the channel over the other stations. For example, in 802.11ac, the slot time is 9 μs and the PIFS is 25 μs. Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) Inter‐frame Space (DIFS) The time interval that a station should wait before it sends its request frame: with DCF, a station needs to sense the status of the wireless channel before it can place its request to transmit a frame. The following relationship holds: DIFS = SIFS +2 x Slot Time. For example, in 802.11ac, the slot time is 9 μs and the DIFS is 34 μs; as noted above, SIFS was 16 μs, that the resulting DIFS value of 34 μs. Arbitration Inter‐frame Space (AIFS) Timing to support stations that need to operate in a prioritized manner based upon the Access Category (e.g. for video or voice traffic). Here the waiting period (that is, the AISF) of a station is shortened or expanded before the station can transmit its frame: higher priority stations are assigned shorter AISF (a higher priority station has to wait for a shorter time interval before it can transmit its frame). Extended Inter‐frame Space (EIFS) An additional waiting period used in case of corrupted frames: If a previously received frame contains an error, then a station must defer EIFS duration instead of DIFS before transmitting a new frame. Schematic illustration of inter-frame Space relationships.

      A WLAN device that supports a Quality of Service (QoS) functionality may transmit the frame after performing backoff if an AIFS for an associated Access Category (AC) (AIFS[AC]), has elapsed. When transmitted by the QoS station, any of the data frame, the management frame, and the control frame, which is not the response frame, may use the AIFS[AC] of the AC of the transmitted frame.

Schematic illustration of carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance-based frame transmission procedure.

      When Dual‐CTS is enabled, a station that has obtained a transmission opportunity (TXOP) and that has no data to transmit may transmit a CF‐End frame to cut short the TXOP. An AP receiving a CF‐End frame having a BSSID of the AP as a destination address may respond by transmitting two more CF‐End frames: a first CF‐End frame using STBC and a second CF‐End frame using non‐STBC. A station receiving a CF‐End frame resets its NAV timer to 0 at the end of the PPDU containing the CF‐End frame.

      Figure 2.6 also shows the second station STA2 transmitting an ACK frame to acknowledge the successful reception of a frame by the recipient.

      Figure 2.2, called out above, further illustrates components of a wireless device configured to transmit data, including a Transmission (Tx) Signal Processing Unit (TxSP), an RF transceiver, an antenna unit, and four illustrative antennas. The TxSP, RF transmitter, and antenna unit may be components of the transmitting signal processing unit, RF transmitter, and antenna unit of the WLAN device. Each spatial stream needs its own dedicated transmit/receive chain; for example, 802.11ac 8 × 8 AP capable of supporting all eight spatial streams needs eight independent radio chains and antennas.

      The RF transceiver includes an RF transmitter and an RF receiver. The RF transceiver is configured to transmit information received from the baseband processor to the WLAN, and provide information received from the WLAN to the baseband processor. The antenna unit includes one or more antennas; when MIMO or MU‐MIMO is used, the antenna unit may include a plurality of antennas [2].

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