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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 1
Throughput Analysis for
IEEE 802.11a Higher Data
Rates
Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl
Micro Linear Co.

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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 2
Agenda
Assumptions
Throughput Formulations
IEEE 802.11a parameters
Numerical Results
Improved Performance
Assumptions
Numerical Results
Conclusions
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 3
Assumptions
Data rates higher than 54Mbps have the
same set of overhead parameters as in IEEE
802.11a.
There are only two nodes in the BSS: one is
the sender and the other is the receiver.
The sender always has packets to send.
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Throughput Formulations
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IEEE 802.11a parameters
In numerical results:
(data rate, control rate) is (6,6), (9,6), (12, 12), (18, 12), (24, 24), (36, 24), (48, 24)
or (54, 24) for IEEE 802.11a.
For data rates > 54Mps , both data rate and control rate are increased proportionally.
Table 1 Data Rates for the IEEE 802.11a
Data Rate (Mbps) Modulation NDBPS
6 BPSK 24
9 BPSK 36
12 QPSK 48
18 QPSK 72
24 16-QAM 96
36 16-QAM 144
48 64-QAM 192
54 64-QAM 216
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 6
Throughputs for Higher Data Rates (HDR)
Data Rate Throughput
54Mbps 30.34Mbps
108Mbps 42.93Mbps
216Mbps 52.75Mbps
For 1500 bytes Payload
The throughput is quite
small compared to the data
rate.
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9Mbps
12Mbps
18Mbps
24Mbps
36Mbps
48Mbps
54Mbps
72(=2*36)Mbps
96(=2*48)Mbps
108(=2*54)Mbps
144(=3*48)Mbps
162(=3*54)Mbps
192(=4*48)Mbps
216(=4*54)Mbps
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 7
Bandwidth Efficiency (BE) for HDR
Data Rate BE
6Mbps 89.8%
54Mbps 56.2%
108Mbps 39.75%
216Mbps 24.4%
For 1500 bytes Payload
BE is defined as the
throughput divided by the
data rate.
BE decreases as data rate
increases.
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6Mbps
9Mbps
12Mbps
18Mbps
24Mbps
36Mbps
48Mbps
54Mbps
72(=2*36)Mbps
96(=2*48)Mbps
108(=2*54)Mbps
144(=3*48)Mbps
162(=3*54)Mbps
192(=4*48)Mbps
216(=4*54)Mbps
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 8
Throughput Increases for doubling rates
Data Rate Increase
2*6Mbps 4.65Mbps
2*54Mbps 12.59Mbps
For 1500 bytes Payload
Increase as compared to the
original ones.
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12(=2*6)Mbps
18(=2*9Mbps
24(=2*12)Mbps
36(=2*18)Mbps
48(=2*24)Mbps
72(=2*36)Mbps
96(=2*48)Mbps
108(=2*54)Mbps
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 9
Throughput Increase (%) for doubling Rates
Data Rate Increase
2*54Mbps 41.5%
41.5% is far from
doubled, i.e. 100%
increase
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12(=2*6)Mbps
18(=2*9Mbps
24(=2*12)Mbps
36(=2*18)Mbps
48(=2*24)Mbps
72(=2*36)Mbps
96(=2*48)Mbps
108(=2*54)Mbps
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 10
Throughput Increases (%)
for Tripling/Quadrupling Rates
Data Rate Increase (%)
144Mbps 68.4%
162Mbps 65.1%
192Mbps 86.2%
216Mbps 77%
The increased rates are far
from tripling/Quadrupling,
i.e. 200% or 300% increase.
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144(=3*48)Mbps
162(=3*54)Mbps
192(=4*48)Mbps
216(=4*54)Mbps
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 11
Improved Performance: Assumptions
A specific method to reduce the overhead is
not proposed in the presentation.
Under the assumption that the overhead can
be reduced, the improved performance
follows.
In particular, assume that all the overheads
can be reduced by 10%, 30%, and 50%.
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 12
Throughputs for HDR with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Data rate: 6Mbps
Overhead
Reduced
Throughput
0% 5.39Mbps
10% 5.44Mbps
30% 5.55Mbps
50% 5.66Mbps
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6Mbps
6Mbps with 10% overheads reduced
6Mbps with 30% overheads reduced
6Mbps with 50% overheads reduced
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Throughputs for HDR with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Overhead
Reduced
Throughput
0% 30.34Mbps
10% 31.62Mbps
30% 34.52Mbps
50% 38.49Mbps
Data rate: 54Mbps
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54Mbps
54Mbps with 10% overheads reduced
54Mbps with 30% overheads reduced
54Mbps with 50% overheads reduced
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Throughputs for HDR with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Data rate: 108Mbps
Overhead
Reduced
Throughput
0% 42.9Mbps
10% 45.5Mbps
30% 51.8Mbps
50% 60.1Mbps
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108(=2*54)Mbps
108(=2*54)Mbps with 10% overheads reduced
108(=2*54)Mbps with 30% overheads reduced
108(=2*54)Mbps with 50% overheads reduced
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 15
Bandwidth Efficiency with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Data rate: 6Mbps
Overhead
Reduced
Bandwidth
Efficiency
0%
89.79%
10%
90.60%
30%
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50%
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6Mbps with 30% overheads reduced
6Mbps with 50% overheads reduced
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Bandwidth Efficiency with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Data rate: 54Mbps
Overhead
Reduced
Bandwidth
Efficiency
0%
56.19%
10%
58.55%
30%
63.92%
50%
71.28%
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54Mbps
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54Mbps with 30% overheads reduced
54Mbps with 50% overheads reduced
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 17
Bandwidth Efficiency with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Data rate: 108Mbps
Overhead
Reduced
Bandwidth
Efficiency
0%
39.8%
10%
42.2%
30%
48.0%
50%
55.6%
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108(=2*54)Mbps
108(=2*54)Mbps with 10% overheads reduced
108(=2*54)Mbps with 30% overheads reduced
108(=2*54)Mbps with 50% overheads reduced
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 18
Throughput Increase with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Doubled Rate: 12 (=2*6)
Mbps
Overhead
Reduced
Throughput
Increase
0%
4.65Mbps
10%
4.82Mbps
30%
5.14Mbps
50%
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12(=2*6)Mbps with 50% overheads reduced
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 19
Throughput Increase with overheads reduced
For 1500 bytes Payload
Doubled Rate:108(=2*54)
Mbps
Overhead
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Increase
0%
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Yang Xiao and Jon Rosdahl , Micro Linear Slide 20
Conclusions
Higher Data Rates with IEEE 802.11a
compatibility should be pursued.
Effective throughput can be increased by
reducing overhead.
How to achieve the Higher Data Rates and
reduce the overhead are open issues