Optimal beamwidth for beacon and contention access periods in IEEE 802.15.3c WPAN

L. Goratti, T. Wysocki, M. R. Akhavan, J. Lei, H. Nakase, S. Kato

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Abstract

This paper presents a physical and MAC layer analysis of the recently introduced IEEE 802.15.3c standard for multi Gbps communication at 60 GHz. We find the optimal beamwidth of the transmitting antenna, achieving a trade-off between the Piconet Coordinator discovery and the duration of the contention access period (CAP) of the IEEE 802.15.3c MAC superframe. To find the optimal beamwidth, we first analyze the link budget of 60 GHz based directional communication, to identify the transmitting and receiving antenna gain, and hence the minimum beamwidth required to achieve a specific bit error probability (BEP) for a given distance between transmitter and receiver. We introduce a more efficient method for analytically modeling the binary exponential backoff (BEB) process during the CSMA/CA based CAP of the superframe, using a 1-dimentional Markov chain. Numerical results for the required antenna gain and optimal beamwidth, demonstrate the usefulness of our analysis technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2010
Pages1395-1400
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2010 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 2010 Sept 262010 Sept 30

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2010
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period10/9/2610/9/30

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