VoWiFi cell capacity improvement using A‐MPDU frame aggregation technique for VBR traffic

Abstract

SummaryThe expanding popularity of Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) necessitates a concerted effort to identify novel ways to increase VoWiFi cell capacity. The primary objective of this study is to increase the capacity of VoWiFi cells by means of frame aggregation of aggregate MAC protocol data unit (A‐MPDU) for variable bit rate (VBR) traffic. Taking into account Arbitration Inter‐frame Spacing (AIFS), Compressed RTP (cRTP) and A‐MPDU frames, we devised a formula to calculate an approximate number of concurrent VoWiFi users that can coexist with no detriment to the quality‐of‐service (QoS) of existing VoWiFi calls over the Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) standards. Here, we used AIFS to determine the channel's health before sending Voice over WiFi data and Short Inter‐frame Spacing (SIFS) to transfer frames such as Request To Send (RTS)/Clear To Send (CTS) and Acknowledgement (ACK). We have used our suggested model to analyse the capacity of VoWiFi cells in IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac/ax/be Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)s with VBR traffic utilising DCF Inter‐frame Spacing (DIFS) and AIFS. For IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac/ax/be, we also determined the most number of MAC protocol data unit (MPDU)s that may be combined into a single A‐MPDU. We have also studied the impact of voice packet retransmission on the cell capacity of a WLAN standard that offers VoWiFi service while taking A‐MPDU method into account. We have compared the results gained using IEEE 802.11be with earlier WLAN standards like IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac/ax considering the constant bit rate (CBR) and VBR traffics.