A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User Side
Wi-Fi 7 has been developed recently to support new applications such as 4K videos and AR/VR, which demand higher network throughput and lower latency. One of its key features, Multi-link Operation (MLO), enables Wi-Fi 7 to utilize multiple carrier frequencies, enhancing throughput and reducing laten...
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| description | Wi-Fi 7 has been developed recently to support new applications such as 4K videos and AR/VR, which demand higher network throughput and lower latency. One of its key features, Multi-link Operation (MLO), enables Wi-Fi 7 to utilize multiple carrier frequencies, enhancing throughput and reducing latency. Recent research has extensively covered MAC-layer architecture and multi-link channel access algorithm design for MLO implementation, but relatively few studies address the power efficiency problem when MLO is implemented in user devices under dynamic traffic conditions. For user devices, power efficiency is critical due to stricter power budgets, and hence, a minimal radio activation time (i.e., duty cycle) is needed. We have devised an adaptive algorithm that dynamically adjusts MLO configurations based on periodic measurements at the MAC/IP layers. Our simulations using the NS-3 platform demonstrate that our approach maintains MLO’s congestion-resistant throughput advantages while significantly reducing the radio’s duty cycle compared to a static MLO mode. This adaptation makes MLO more feasible for power-sensitive user devices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-387537f9b5324f1ea532d80b4442b5c42025-01-21T00:01:19ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113104121042110.1109/ACCESS.2024.352499910819381A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User SideYirong Cheng0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7049-6924Abhishek Sehgal1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7128-6438Kyeong Jin Kim2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1943-8307Neha Dawar3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-9190Yuming Zhu4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USASamsung Research America, Plano, TX, USASamsung Research America, Plano, TX, USASamsung Research America, Plano, TX, USASamsung Research America, Plano, TX, USAWi-Fi 7 has been developed recently to support new applications such as 4K videos and AR/VR, which demand higher network throughput and lower latency. One of its key features, Multi-link Operation (MLO), enables Wi-Fi 7 to utilize multiple carrier frequencies, enhancing throughput and reducing latency. Recent research has extensively covered MAC-layer architecture and multi-link channel access algorithm design for MLO implementation, but relatively few studies address the power efficiency problem when MLO is implemented in user devices under dynamic traffic conditions. For user devices, power efficiency is critical due to stricter power budgets, and hence, a minimal radio activation time (i.e., duty cycle) is needed. We have devised an adaptive algorithm that dynamically adjusts MLO configurations based on periodic measurements at the MAC/IP layers. Our simulations using the NS-3 platform demonstrate that our approach maintains MLO’s congestion-resistant throughput advantages while significantly reducing the radio’s duty cycle compared to a static MLO mode. This adaptation makes MLO more feasible for power-sensitive user devices.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10819381/IEEE802.11bemulti-link operationpower efficiencyWi-Fi 7 |
| spellingShingle | Yirong Cheng Abhishek Sehgal Kyeong Jin Kim Neha Dawar Yuming Zhu A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User Side IEEE Access IEEE802.11be multi-link operation power efficiency Wi-Fi 7 |
| title | A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User Side |
| title_full | A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User Side |
| title_fullStr | A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User Side |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User Side |
| title_short | A Low-Duty-Cycle and Congestion-Robust Design of Adaptive Wi-Fi 7 Multi-Link Operation Control Over User Side |
| title_sort | low duty cycle and congestion robust design of adaptive wi fi 7 multi link operation control over user side |
| topic | IEEE802.11be multi-link operation power efficiency Wi-Fi 7 |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10819381/ |
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