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Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation On IEEE 802.15.4 Performance
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Date: 2008-11-02
Name Company Address Phone email Mukul Goyal U Wisconsin
Milwaukee 3200 N Cramer St, Milwaukee WI 53201
1-414-229-5001
Yusuf Bashir Johnson Controls Inc.
507 E Michigan St, Milwaukee WI 53202
1-414-526-8380
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Abstract
In this presentation, we evaluate the impact of IEEE 802.11n operation on IEEE 802.15.4 performance via test bed experiments. The IEEE 802.15.4 performance is measured in terms of packet loss rate and the latency for successfully delivered packets.
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IEEE 802.15.4: Overview
• A MAC/PHY layer protocol for low power, low data rate (< 250 kbps) wireless sensor applications
• Based on CSMA/CA
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The CSMA/CA algorithm in (unslotted) 802.15.4
• The source node backoffs for a random number of slots between 0 and (2^BE) – 1– BE is Backoff Exponent
• After the backoff, the source node does the clear channel assessment (CCA)
• If the channel is not idle (CCA Failure), the source node increments BE and repeat the process up to 4 times– The initial BE value is 3 and max BE value is 5
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The CSMA/CA algorithm in (unslotted) 802.15.4
• If the CCA fails even after 4th retry, the source node declares channel access failure (CAF) and abandons the packet transmission
• If the CCA succeeds, the source node transmits the packet.
• On receiving the packet, the destination optionally sends an acknowledgement back
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Collisions and Retransmissions
• If the packet or the ack suffers a collision, the source node waits for a certain time duration and then repeat the (backoff + transmission) process up to 3 more times.
• If the ack is not received even after the 3rd retry, the source node declares a collision failure and abandons the packet.
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Packet Loss in IEEE 802.15.4
• Channel access failure– channel access failure occurs after 5 back-to-back CCA
failures during a try.
• Collision failure – occurs after failure to receive the ack even after 4 tries.
• Note that a channel access failure causes abandonment of packet transmission attempt even if 4 tries have not been made.
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Impact of IEEE 802.11n operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Performance
• IEEE 802.15.4 performance is measured in terms of the packet loss rate and latency for successfully delivered packets.
• In the following graphs, we plot the increase in average loss rate/latency values for IEEE 802.15.4 nodes due to the presence of an IEEE 802.11n network.
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Traffic in IEEE 802.15.4 Network
• 15 nodes sending packets to the coordinator.
• The packet size is 112 bytes.
• Each node sends on average one packet per second (poisson distributed) for 15 minutes
• IEEE 802.15.4 network uses a 3 MHz wide channel centered at 2425 MHz (Channel 15)
• Power level: 10dBm
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Traffic in IEEE 802.11n Network
• An iperf client sends a UDP stream to an iperf server over an IEEE 802.11n network
• Power level 17dBm
• Packet size: 1470 bytes
• Client generates traffic at rates 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20 Mbps.
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IEEE 802.11n Channels Used
• Scenario 1: Channel 1, 20 MHz wide, no overlap with IEEE 802.15.4 channel
• Scenario 2: Channel 6, 40 MHz wide (extends towards channel 11), no overlap with IEEE 802.15.4 channel
• Scenario 3: Channel 1, 40 MHz wide, extends into the channel used by IEEE 802.15.4 network
• Scenario 4: Channel 4, 20 MHz wide, overlaps the channel used by IEEE 802.15.4 network
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Scenario 1: IEEE 802.11n on Channel 1, 20 MHz wide
3MHz
2425 MHz2412 MHz
22MHz
IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.15.4
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Scenario 1: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Loss Rate
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Scenario 1: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Latency
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Scenario 2: IEEE 802.11n on Channel 6, 40 MHz wide
3MHz
2425 MHz 2437 MHz
44MHz
IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.15.4
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Scenario 2: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Loss Rate
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Scenario 2: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Latency
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Scenario 3: IEEE 802.11n on Channel 1, 40 MHz wide
3MHz2425 MHz2412 MHz
44MHz
IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.15.4
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Scenario 3: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Loss Rate
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Scenario 3: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Latency
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Scenario 4: IEEE 802.11n on Channel 4, 20 MHz wide
3MHz
2425 MHz 2427 MHz
22MHz
IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.15.4
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Scenario 4: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Loss Rate
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Scenario 4: Impact of IEEE 802.11n Operation on IEEE 802.15.4 Latency
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