Performance Evaluation of Multiple IEEE 80211b WLAN Stations.pdf

Performance Evaluation of Multiple IEEE WLAN Stations
in the Presence of Bluetooth Radio Interference

Jung-Hyuck Jo and Nikil Jayant

ia Tech Broadband Institute, ia Institute of Technology, 250 14th St., NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, .
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Abstract−−−There are several papers published in the past few BT radio systems within a basic-subset (BSS). The latter
years about the evaluation of IEEE (b) WLAN scenario is a more realistic situation that can be found in
performance degradation due to Bluetooth radio interference. emerging office or home environments. We therefore
work topologies used for WLAN in the previous consider the performance of IEEE (b) systems that is
literature are point-to-point, ., one AP and one WLAN station. affected not only by multiple WLAN stations but also by
In this paper we evaluate a performance of IEEE (b) uncoordinated Bluetooth radio interference within a BSS.
posed of an AP and multiple WLAN stations using
the same frequency band in the presence of Bluetooth The remainder of the paper anized as follows. In
radio systems within a BSS. Our results focus on the impact of Section II the IEEE (b) MAC is modeled, and in
Bluetooth interference on IEEE (b) WLAN systems. The Section III