On the Benefit of Forward Error Correction at IEEE 802.11 Link Layer Level

Floris van Nee; Pieter-Tjerk de Boer

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23541-2_4

On the Benefit of Forward Error Correction at IEEE 802.11 Link Layer Level

Floris van Nee, Pieter-Tjerk de Boer

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Abstract

This study examines the error distribution of aggregated MPDUs in 802.11n networks and whether or not forward error correction like raptor coding at the link layer would be useful in these networks. Several experiments with Qualcomm 4x4 802.11n hardware were performed. Two devices were used in a data link, while a third device sniffed all transmitted packets. The collected data was analyzed and used to calculate the packet error rate which would be obtained if FEC was used in order to determine whether FEC is useful at the link layer. It is shown that the error distribution of A-MPDUs does not follow the binomial distribution. Because of this, the performance of FEC in real networks is worse than for theoretical cases where a binomial distribution is assumed. Therefore, other ways to decrease the packet error rate have more impact than forward error correction.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications (EUNICE 2011)
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	9-20
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-23540-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23541-2_4
Publication status	Published - Sept 2011
Event	17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications, EUNICE 2011 - Dresden, Germany Duration: 5 Sept 2011 → 7 Sept 2011 Conference number: 17

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	6955
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Workshop

Workshop	17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications, EUNICE 2011
Abbreviated title	EUNICE
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	5/09/11 → 7/09/11

Keywords

METIS-281647
EWI-21008
IR-78970

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van Nee, F & de Boer, P-T 2011, On the Benefit of Forward Error Correction at IEEE 802.11 Link Layer Level. in Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications (EUNICE 2011). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6955, Springer, Berlin, pp. 9-20, 17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications, EUNICE 2011, Dresden, Germany, 5/09/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23541-2_4

On the Benefit of Forward Error Correction at IEEE 802.11 Link Layer Level. / van Nee, Floris; de Boer, Pieter-Tjerk.
Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications (EUNICE 2011). Berlin: Springer, 2011. p. 9-20 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6955).

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