dc.contributor.author |
López Raventós, Álvaro |
dc.contributor.author |
Bellalta, Boris |
dc.date.accessioned |
2023-02-01T14:09:46Z |
dc.date.available |
2023-02-01T14:09:46Z |
dc.date.issued |
2022 |
dc.identifier.citation |
López-Raventós A, Bellalta B. Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs. IEEE Wirel Commun. 2022;29(4):94-100. DOI: 10.1109/MWC.006.2100404 |
dc.identifier.issn |
1536-1284 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55588 |
dc.description.abstract |
The multi-link operation (MLO) is a new feature proposed to be part of the IEEE 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (EHT) amendment. Such feature represents a paradigm shift towards multi-link communications, as nodes will be allowed to transmit and receive data over multiple radio interfaces concurrently. To make it possible, the 802.11be Task Group has proposed different modifications in regards to nodes' architecture, transmission operation, and management functionalities. This article reviews such changes and tackles the question of how traffic should be distributed over multiple links, as it is still unresolved. To that end, we evaluate different load balancing strategies over the active links. Results show that in high load, dense and complex scenarios, implementing congestion aware load balancing policies to significantly enhance next-generation WLAN performance using MLO is a must. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
This work has been partially supported by the Spanish Government under grant WINDMAL PGC2018-099959-B-I00 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER,UE), by the Catalan Government under grant 2017-SGR1188, and Cisco. |
dc.format.mimetype |
application/pdf |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
dc.relation.ispartof |
IEEE Wireless Communications. 2022;29(4):94-100. |
dc.rights |
© 2022 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWC.006.2100404 |
dc.title |
Multi-link operation in IEEE 802.11be WLANs |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.identifier.doi |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWC.006.2100404 |
dc.subject.keyword |
IEEE 802.11be |
dc.subject.keyword |
Multi-link operation |
dc.subject.keyword |
Traffic allocation |
dc.subject.keyword |
WLANs |
dc.relation.projectID |
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-099959-B-I00 |
dc.rights.accessRights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.type.version |
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |