Computer Engineering and Applications ›› 2017, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (11): 142-145.DOI: 10.3778/j.issn.1002-8331.1606-0178

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Design of TDMA protocol in wireless control network

SHEN Lei, YANG Jianfeng, XU Jun, GUO Chengcheng   

  1. School of Electronic and Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Online:2017-06-01 Published:2017-06-13

基于Wi-Fi的无线控制网络TDMA协议的设计

沈 磊,杨剑锋,徐  俊,郭成城   

  1. 武汉大学 电子信息学院,武汉 430072

Abstract: To meet the high-rate, real-time and reliable transmission of control information in hybrid wireless network, TDMA protocol is developed on the MAC layer of IEEE 802.11 protocol. This solution not only exploits the high-rate of Wi-Fi, but also overcomes the transmission delay uncertainty and enhances the real-time of system. The experimental results show that the transmission rate can achieve up to 5 Mb/s with 95% transmission reliability, which improves a lot when compared to the existing wireless industrial control network that is based on IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. Additionally, about 95% of the short frame and 89.87% of the long frame can be delivered to the other side within two milliseconds, which is also far below the Wi-Fi standard. What’s more, the new protocol doesn’t change the upper level protocol interfaces, which contributes?to the development of control applications.

Key words: high-rate, real-time, wireless control network, IEEE802.11, Time Division Multiple Access(TDMA)

摘要: 为解决多种网络协议共存的混合无线网络环境中,控制信息高速、实时、可靠传输的问题,在IEEE802.11协议MAC层基础上开发了TDMA协议。该协议在充分利用Wi-Fi高传输速率的同时,解决了Wi-Fi退避重传机制导致传输时延不确定的问题,增强系统的实时性。实验结果表明,协议在保证95%以上的传输可靠性的同时,传输速率可达5 Mb/s,相较于典型的基于IEEE 802.15.4协议的工业控制网络有大幅提高。TDMA系统中的短帧中有95.4%、长帧中有89.87%可以在2 ms以内的发送完成,传输时延远低于原有的Wi-Fi标准。此外,系统不改变上层协议栈,保持接口的兼容性,便于控制应用程序的开发。

关键词: 高速率, 实时性, 无线控制网络, 802.11协议, 时分复用