Investigating the DCF with Multiple Traffic Flows

The purpose of the 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) is to allow multiple flows of traffic to contend for a shared wireless medium. In this application note, we investigate how the 802.11 Reference Design behaves when subjected to multiple traffic flows. This note provides a case study on how the WLAN Experiment Framework can be used to control and analyze the performance of the 802.11 Reference Design.

Requirements

To run the code provided in this note, the following requirements must be met:

• 3 WARP v3 kits
• 802.11 Reference Design v.91 Beta