ARSM : a cross-layer auto rate selection multicast mechanism for multi-rate wireless LANs

• Published in: IET communications Vol. 1; no. 5; pp. 893 - 902
• Main Authors: VILLALON, J, CUENCA, P, OROZCO-BARBOSA, L, SEOK, Y, TURLETTI, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stevenage Institution of Engineering and Technology 01.10.2007; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Automotive components; Automotive engineering; Automotive industry; Business and industry local networks; Channels; Equipments and installations; Exact sciences and technology; Local area networks; Mobile radiocommunication systems; Multicast; Networks and services in france and abroad; Proposals; Radiocommunications; Systems, networks and services of telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Teleprocessing networks. Isdn; Transmission and modulation (techniques and equipments); Performance evaluation; Mobile radiocommunication; Wireless LAN; Wireless telecommunication; Data transmission; Multirate system; Addressing; Data broadcast; Information dissemination; Multicast; Simulation; Telecommunication channels; IEEE standards; Personal communication networks
• ISSN: 1751-8628; 1751-8636
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20060249

Multicast is an efficient paradigm for transmitting data from a sender to a group of receivers. According to IEEE 802.11 standard, multicast service is defined as an unreliable service because it doesn't include the use of ACK frames. Furthermore, unlike unicast service, multicast service makes use of a single rate out of the various rates included in the basic service set defined by the IEEE 802.11 standard. Although various proposals have recently appeared in literature addressing these issues, none of them has come out with a structured set of control mechanisms taking into account the varying conditions characterising wireless channels as well as the requirements of various applications. A novel cross-layer auto rate selection multicast mechanism for multi-rate wireless LANs, which is capable of adapting data transmission to the varying conditions of the channel, and the characteristics of various applications are introduced. The simulation results show that the proposal outperforms the IEEE 802.11 standard and the mechanisms recently proposed in the literature.