Target wake time: scheduled access in IEEE 802.11ax WLANs

The increasing interest in ubiquitous networking, and the tremendous popularity gained by IEEE 802.11 WLANs in recent years, is leading to very dense deployments where high levels of channel contention may prevent meeting the increasing user demands. To mitigate the negative effects of channel conte...

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Autores: Nurchis, Maddalena, Bellalta, Boris
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/37240
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/37240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWC.2019.1800163
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:IEEE 802.11
WLANs
CSMA/CA
Dense networks
Descrição
Resumo:The increasing interest in ubiquitous networking, and the tremendous popularity gained by IEEE 802.11 WLANs in recent years, is leading to very dense deployments where high levels of channel contention may prevent meeting the increasing user demands. To mitigate the negative effects of channel contention, the TWT mechanism included in the IEEE 802.11ax amendment can have a significant role, as it provides an extremely simple but effective mechanism to schedule transmissions in time. Moreover, in addition to reducing the contention between stations, the use of TWT may also contribute to taking full advantage of other novel mechanisms in the IEEE 802.11 universe, such as multiuser transmissions, multi-AP cooperation, spatial reuse and coexistence in high-density WLAN scenarios. Overall, we believe TWT may be a first step toward a practical collision-free and deterministic access in future WLANs.