• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2011

The distributed coordination function (DCF) and point coordination function (PCF) protocols are the basic MAC protocols for legacy IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11n wireless LANs. When the DCF protocol is used for the various versions of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, the MAC performance seriously degrades due to the collisions among the stations (STAs) as more and more STAs attempt to transmit their data frames. On the other hand, the PCF MAC performance becomes poor when many STAs exist in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, however, only small number of STAs actually attempt to transmit their data frames. In this paper, we propose the algorithm for improving the MAC performance by selectively using the DCF and PCF protocols according to the state of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. Numerical examples are presented to show the MAC performance improvement by the selective use of the DCF and PCF protocols according to the network state.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.1676-1682
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• 2005

IEEE 802.11 MAC 프로토콜의 PCF(Point Coordination Function)는 일반적으로 부하가 높은 네트워크에서 DCF 보다 더 나은 성능을 보이는 매체 접근 방식이다. 뿐 만 아니라 PCF는 시간 제한적인 응용의 전송에 적절하다. 본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11 무선 랜에서 노드의 수 변화에 따르는 QoS 향상 방법에 대하여 고려한다. 무선 랜에는 QoS를 자원 받는 노드들과 그렇지 않은 노드들도 구성되어 있다고 가정한다 여기서 QoS 노드란 QoS를 지원하는 메커니즘을 가지는 노드를 의미한다. 본 논문에서는 많은 시뮬레이션을 통하여 네트워크의 적절한 파라미터들을 구하며, 노드의 수가 변함에 따르는 네트워크 현상에 대하여 고찰이 이루어진다.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.520-525
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• 2014

When the PCF (Point Coordinated Function) MAC protocol is combined with the frame aggregation method to enhance the MAC performance in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, the formulae for the optimal frame aggregation level for best PCF MAC performance were derived in our previous study. We extend the formulae for the PCF protocol to derive the optimal frame aggregation level for the connectivity-based multipolling MAC protocol in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. By simulations, we compare the performances of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs with the optimal and random frame aggregation levels. Compared with the random frame aggregation level, the optimal frame aggregation level significantly improves the performance of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.220-224
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• 2015

The DCF (Dcistributed Coordination Function) and PCF (Point Coordination Function) are the basic MAC (Medium Access Control) protocols of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. According to the DCF, each node performs the exponential backoff algorithm before the transmission of its data frame. Each node doubles the backoff waiting time before the transmission of its data frame whenever it detects the transmission collision with other nodes. Therefore, as the number of the active nodes having the data frames to transmit increases, the overall MAC performance of the DCF decreases. On the other hand, according to the PCF, each node is granted the transmission opportunity by which the PCF transmission is possible without the collision with other nodes. Therefore, as the number of the active nodes increases, the MAC performance of the PCF increases, In this paper, considering the tradeoff of MAC performance between the DCF and PCF, a hybrid MAC protocol is proposed to enhance the performance of IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.536-539
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• 2004

IEEE 802.11 Point Coordination Function (PCF) mode is defined to support time bounded traffic, such as voice in wireless LANs. The poll scheduling plays an important role in IEEE 802.11 PCF mode operation. This paper proposed a Multicast Polling Scheme (MPC) to increase the performance of wireless LANs. Moreover, we proposed a polling schedule scheme for our proposed multi-poll to serve real-time traffic. The results show that the proposed mechanism is more efficient than the original IEEE 802.11 PCF.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2004년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.31 No.2 (3)
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• pp.322-324
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• 2004

IEEf 802.11 Point Coordination Function (PCF) mode is defined to support time bounded traffic, such as VoIP in wireless LANs. The poll scheduling plays an important role in IEEE 802.11 PCF mode operation. This paper proposed a Multicast Polling Scheme to increase the performance of wireless LANs. Moreover, we proposed a polling schedule scheme for our proposed multipoll to serve real-time traffic. The results show that the proposed mechanism is more efficient than the original IEEE 802.11 PCF.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2003년도 통신소사이어티 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.191-194
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• 2003

In IEEE 802.11b, Medium Access Control Sublayer consists of DCF (Distributed Coordination Function) and PCF (Point Coordination Function). DCF provides contention based services and PCF provides contention free services for QoS satisfaction. DCF uses CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance) as an access protocol. And PCF uses Polling Scheme. In this paper, a modified New-PCF, which gives weights to channels with heavier traffic load, was suggested. NS-2 simulations were conducted to compare the service performances with original DCF, PCF and the modified New-PCF respectively. Simulation results has shown the increased overall throughput with the proposed New-PCF compared with other cases.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제12C권3호
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• pp.387-394
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• 2005

IEEE 802.11e를 포함한 IEEE 802.11x의 모든 매체접속제어 부계층은 형태는 다르지만 공통적으로 CP(Contention Period)와 CFP(Contention Free Period) 서비스 기능을 정의하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 현재 여러IEEE 802.11x PCF나 IEEE 802.11e HCCA 상에서 서비스되고 있는 기존 라운드로빈 방식의 폴링 기법을 수정하여 트래픽의 부하가 큰 채널을 선택하여 가중치를 주어 서비스할 수 있는 New-CF 방식을 제안하였다. NS-2로 기존 기법과의 비교를 수행한 시뮬레이션 결과 전체적인 통과율이 상승한 것을 검증하였다.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

A modified PCF(Point Coordination Function) protocol with the optimal polling sequence is defined in detail and shown to improve the efficiency of the conventional PCF protocol in IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard. The problem for the optimal polling sequence is formulated as TSP(Travelling Salesman Problem) with the distance values of 1's or 0's. Numerical examples show that the optimal polling sequence increases the capacity of the real-time service such as VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol).

• 한국통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국통신학회 2004년도 하계종합학술발표회논문초록집
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• pp.94-94
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• 2004