Abstract
In IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, channel quality, network load, as well as the protocol itself are time-varying, limiting the goodput performance improvement in wireless LANs. Therefore, it becomes critical to dynamically adjust parameters of MAC and PHY layers according to variations of channel quality. In this paper, we propose variable frame size and variable data rate schemes for goodput enhancement. We first propose two optimal frame size predictors: a goodput regulator to maintain the committed goodput for non-greedy applications and an optimal frame size predictor for maximizing the goodput for greedy applications. Then, we propose a data rate drafting scheme and develop a variable size and variable rate (VSVR) scheme for further goodput improvement. Our extensive simulation results show that the proposed VSVR algorithm can double the channel goodput of current implementations. Moreover, the proposed scheme can be easily integrated with the current implementations of the wireless LAN MAC protocol. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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