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Low Power Wireless Interfacing Scheme Controlling Virtual Bitmap in IEEE 802.11b

IEEE 802.11b에서 가상비트맵을 제어하는 저전력 무선 접속 기법

  • 송명렬 (호서대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Published : 2006.01.01
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Abstract

In IEEE 802.11b wireless network, the access point(AP) sends beacons periodically to manage stations when they are running in low power mode. Stations contend for the transmission medium after they receive a beacon and continuously check its state until it becomes available. Thus the energy consumption of each station increases as the load of wireless network. In this paper, we propose a method to reduce energy consumption controlling virtual bitmap in wireless network with multiple stations. The problems of low power mode in IEEE 802.11b wireless interface are described and a new method to reduce energy consumption is proposed. The proposed method is simulated with the network simulator, ns2, and compared with the low power mode of the IEEE 802.11b. The result measured in terms of station's wakeup time shows some enhancement in energy consumption when multiple stations are communicating through the AP in wireless network.

IEEE 802.11b 무선 네트워크에서 스테이션들이 저전력 모드로 동작할 때, 액세스 포인트(AP)가 주기적으로 비콘(beacon)을 전송하여 스테이션들을 관리한다. 비콘을 수신한 후 스테이션들이 전송매체에 대해 경쟁하고 전송매체가 이용 가능할 때까지 전송매체의 상태를 계속해서 검사한다. 따라서 각 스테이션에서 에너지 소모는 무선 네트워크의 부하에 따라 증가한다. 이 논문에서 다수의 스테이션들이 있는 무선 네트워크에서 가상비트맵을 제어하여 스테이션에서 에너지 소모를 줄이는 방법을 제안한다. IEEE 802.11b 무선 인터페이스의 저전력 모드의 문제점이 설명되었고 에너지 소모를 줄이기 위한 새로운 방법이 제안되었다. 네트워크 시뮬레이터인 ns2를 이용하여 제안된 방법에 대해 모의실험이 수행되었고 IEEE 802.11b의 저전력 모드와 비교했다. 스테이션이 깨어있는 시간으로 측정된 결과는 무선 네트워크에서 다수의 스테이션들이 AP를 경유하여 통신이 이루어질 때 에너지 소모가 개선되는 것을 보여준다.

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