Transcript doc.: IEEE 802.15-01/440r0 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: IEEE802.15.3: Guard Time in the 802.15.3

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doc.: IEEE 802.15-01/440r0
Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Submission Title: IEEE802.15.3: Guard Time in the 802.15.3 MAC.
Date Submitted: 19 September, 2001
Source: Dr. William Shvodian Company: XtremeSpectrum
Address: 8133 Leesburg Pike, Suite 700, Vienna, Virginia 22182
Voice: +1.703.269-3047, FAX: +1.703.269.3092, E-Mail: [email protected]
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Abstract: This proposal describes the use of Guard Time for the 802.15.3 MAC.
Purpose: To provide an improvement to the current version of the 802.15.3 MAC
Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for
discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this
document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the
right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein.
Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of
IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15.
Submission
Slide 1
<William Shvodian>, <XtremeSpectrum>
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Overview
• This presentation describes the use of Guard
Time for 802.15.3
• It also describes Guard Time modifications for
static GTS slots
Submission
Slide 2
<William Shvodian>, <XtremeSpectrum>
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Guard Time
Beacon
CAP
GTS0
GTS1
GTS2
GTS3
GTS4
Beacon
• In a TDMA system, Guard Time is needed between
slots to keep the transmissions from two stations
colliding.
• Each station synchronizes to the beacon, but clock
inaccuracies result in drift
• The maximum drift between the ideal time and a
station’s clock is:
MaxDrift 
Submission
Clock accuracy(ppm)
* superframeduration( sec)
1,000,000
Slide 3
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Guard Time Position
Beacon
CAP
GTS0
GTS1
GTS2
GTS3
GTS4
Beacon
• Guard time is time between adjacent slots
• Guard time can be defined as being at
– the beginning of the slot
Guard
– the end of the slot
– half at the beginning of the slot and half at the end of the G
slot.
– For Simplification, the basic Guard Time for each slot in
802.15.3 will be at the end of the slot. The slot time in the CTA
will denote the beginning of a GTS. Guard time occurs at the
end of the slot, before the start of the next GTS.
Submission
Slide 4
Guard
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G
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Worst Case Timing (Transmission)
drift
drift
Ideal GTS n position
Ideal GTS n+1 position
Late Station’s Estimate of GTS position
Early Station’s Estimate of GTS position
SIFS
Guard Time
• The above picture illustrates the maximum offset between two
stations. The station with slot n has drifted the maximum time to the
right (late), while the station assigned to slot n+1 has drifted the
maximum amount to the left (early).
• In order to avoid transmission collisions or violating SIFS, the guard
time must be calculated to be two times the maximum drift plus SIFS
Submission
Slide 5
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Worst Case Timing (receive)
Early Station Transmits
Ideal GTS n position
Guard Time
Late Station’s Estimate of GTS position
Guard Time
Late Station’s Receive Window
– Since a station doesn’t know whether it is early or late, it must start
listening one full Guard Time before where it estimates the start of the
GTS slot to be and it must listen until the time that it estimates the
start of the next GTS slot to be - it must listen during the time that it
estimates to be Guard Time - on both sides of the GTS slot.
Submission
Slide 6
<William Shvodian>, <XtremeSpectrum>
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Constant vs. Variable Guard Time
Beacon
CAP
GTS0
GTS1
GTS2
GTS3
GTS4
Beacon
• The amount of guard time is a function of the amount of
time from the reference event to the event of interest
• More guard time is actually needed at the end of a
superframe than the beginning because it is farther from
the beacon, which provides the reference timing. For
simplicity, the same guard time will be used for the entire
superframe in 802.15.3.
Submission
Slide 7
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Guard Time for static GTS slots
Beacon
CAP
GTS0
GTS1
GTS2
GTS3
GTS4
Beacon
• Static GTS slots allow a station to transmit in a superframe when it did
not receive the beacon correctly.
• If a device with static GTS slots receives the Beacon header
correctly, it can synchronize to the beacon header
• A device with static GTS slots does not need to correctly process
the CTAs in the beacon.
• If a station with static GTS slots does not correctly receive the beacon
header, additional guard time is needed.
• Dynamically changing the guard time to account for missed
beacons requires adding guard time at the start of a GTS and at
the end of the GTS and increases complexity.
• Fixed guard time can be used to account for the worst case –
maximum missed beacons. This is simpler and will be
recommended for 802.15.3
Submission
Slide 8
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Guard Time Calculation when Static
GTS allowed
• Guard time is calculated by the PNC
• Guard Time is a new field in the Piconet
Synchronization Parameters Information
Element.
GuardTime MaxLostBeacons* MaxDrift* 2  SIFS
Submission
Slide 9
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Guard Time for 802.15.3
• New Field in the synchronization
Information Element
– GuardTime
Submission
Slide 10
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