FuPlex: A full duplex MAC for the next generation WLAN

Qiao Qu, Bo Li, Mao Yang, Zhongjiang Yan, Xiaoya Zuo, Qiaoyan Guan

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Abstract

IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) has been increasingly developed over several decades. It requires four times throughput improvement in the next generation WLAN. Thus, researchers focus on the co-frequency co-time full duplex technology, which makes the devices transmit and receive packets simultaneously and theoretically doubles the throughput. Some existing works proposed several media access control (MAC) protocols on the assumption that all nodes have full duplex capability. However, it is more practicable that only AP possesses full duplex capability whereas STAs have no full duplex capability in the early stage of introducing full duplex technology into the next generation WLAN. In this paper, a simple and compatible full duplex MAC protocol named FuPlex is proposed. The design details of FuPlex, including primary access, secondary access and data transmission, are introduced. Simulation results show that FuPlex improves the throughput to 150% compared with legacy IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages239-245
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781631900631
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Nov 2015
Event11th EAI International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2015 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 19 Aug 201520 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2015

Conference

Conference11th EAI International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QSHINE 2015
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period19/08/1520/08/15

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