An ACK-Less Broadcast Access Mechanism for the IEEE 802.11bc Enhanced Broadcast Service

With the growing demand for video applications, ensuring reliable broadcast services in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) has become increasingly critical. Furthermore, digital video services are highly sensitive to network impairments due to timing constraints and video frame dependencies. In th...

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Published in2024 13th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks (PEMWN) pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Boujnoui, Ahmed, Taramit, Hamid, Orozco-Barbosa, Luis, Haqiq, Abdelkrim
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IFIP 25.09.2024
Subjects
Enhanced Broadcast Service
IEEE 802.11bc
Markov Model
Mathematical models
MATLAB
Performance evaluation
QoS
Quality of service
Reliability
Unicast
Video Communications
Wireless LAN
Wireless networks
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:With the growing demand for video applications, ensuring reliable broadcast services in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) has become increasingly critical. Furthermore, digital video services are highly sensitive to network impairments due to timing constraints and video frame dependencies. In this paper, we consider an IEEE 802.11bc network where the Access Point (AP) provides both unicast and broadcast services, with associated stations generating unicast traffic at varying rates. We propose a Wireless Broadcast Access Protocol (WBAP) that supports multiple channel access for both unicast and broadcast traffic. We develop a Markov model to evaluate the performance of WBAP under both saturated and unsaturated conditions. The analytical results are validated using a custom-made MATLAB simulator. Our findings show that the proposed WBAP effectively manages the coexistence of unicast and broadcast traffic, significantly enhancing network performance and reliability, particularly under high-load traffic conditions.
DOI:10.23919/PEMWN62766.2024.10737621