Abstract-The design and simulation of coding schemes, Medium Access Control (MAC), and link-layer protocols for future industrial wireless local area networks can be supported by some understanding of the statistical properties of the bit error patterns delivered by a wireless link (which is an ensemble of transmitter, channel, receiver, modems). We present results of bit error measurements taken with an IEEE 802.11-compliant radio modem in an industrial environment. In addition to reporting the most important results, we draw some conclusions for the design of MAC and link-layer protocols. Furthermore, we show that the popular Gilbert/Elliot model and a modified version of it are a useful tool for simulating bit errors on a wireless link, despite their simplicity and failure to match certain measured statistics. Index Terms-IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN), industrial environment, Medium Access Control (MAC) design, stochastic bit error models, wireless error measurements.
In REF authors measure the bit error rate directly at the MAC layer in an industrial environment using a special wireless NIC compliant with the IEEE 802.11 standard.
Measurements of a wireless link in an industrial environment using an ieee 802.11-compliant physical layer
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Computer Science