Study on IEEE 802.11ad 60 GHz mmWave Channel Access Scheme and Its Implementation in ns-3

Abstract

In this paper, realizing the significance of mmWave communication, we perform the research on 5G Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Specifically, WLAN in 5G is supposed to be according to the IEEE 802.11ad amendment. Focusing on 60 GHz mmWave communication, there is MAC modified based on the ecosystem of actual IEEE 802.11 standard. In IEEE 802.11ad, communication get interrupted because of various type obstruction. Therefore, there is need for channel in between source and destination which uses techniques to access the medium. So, this study performs the simulation analysis of the channel access scheme performance evaluation in ns-3.