Continuous Multi-Link Operation: A Contention-Free Mechanism for the Unlicensed Spectrum
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| author | Fontanesi, Gianluca Wilhelmi, Francesc Galati-Giordano, Lorenzo |
| author_facet | Fontanesi, Gianluca Wilhelmi, Francesc Galati-Giordano, Lorenzo |
| contents | This paper proposes a novel mechanism to enforce contention-free channel access in the unlicensed spectrum, as opposed to the traditional contention-based approach. To achieve this objective, we build on the Wi-Fi~7 multi-link operation (MLO) and define the means whereby independent channel access attempts are performed in all the addressable links to ensure one available channel/link is ready for transmission at all times, such that a sequence of continuous acquired channels can be maintained. We call this method continuous multi-link operation (ConMLO). In this work, we aim to verify the applicability of ConMLO, its ability to retain spectrum resources for a given duration of time, and its fairness with respect existing approaches, namely legacy single-link operation (SLO) and MLO. To this end, we use realistic data traffic measurements acquired in a crowded football stadium as an exemplary case of challenging spectrum occupation. Our results show that the proposed ConMLO can effectively guarantee continuous channel acquisition under different occupancy scenarios without compromising fairness of channel access compared to existing legacy modes. |
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| spellingShingle | Continuous Multi-Link Operation: A Contention-Free Mechanism for the Unlicensed Spectrum Fontanesi, Gianluca Wilhelmi, Francesc Galati-Giordano, Lorenzo Signal Processing This paper proposes a novel mechanism to enforce contention-free channel access in the unlicensed spectrum, as opposed to the traditional contention-based approach. To achieve this objective, we build on the Wi-Fi~7 multi-link operation (MLO) and define the means whereby independent channel access attempts are performed in all the addressable links to ensure one available channel/link is ready for transmission at all times, such that a sequence of continuous acquired channels can be maintained. We call this method continuous multi-link operation (ConMLO). In this work, we aim to verify the applicability of ConMLO, its ability to retain spectrum resources for a given duration of time, and its fairness with respect existing approaches, namely legacy single-link operation (SLO) and MLO. To this end, we use realistic data traffic measurements acquired in a crowded football stadium as an exemplary case of challenging spectrum occupation. Our results show that the proposed ConMLO can effectively guarantee continuous channel acquisition under different occupancy scenarios without compromising fairness of channel access compared to existing legacy modes. |
| title | Continuous Multi-Link Operation: A Contention-Free Mechanism for the Unlicensed Spectrum |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09390 |