Research Article

A Clustering Approach for Multiband Neighbor Discovery on 60 GHz WLAN

Table 1

Simulation parameters of CMPND and MDND protocols.

ParameterValue

Phy Header Size16 Bytes
Mac Header Size34 Bytes
Ack Length31 Bytes
Sector Sweep Frame Length26 Bytes
Sector Sweep Feedback Frame Length31 Bytes
Map Frame Length(10Nodes) Bytes
Data Frame Length1024 Bytes
Beam Refinement Frame Length1024 Bytes
RSV_REQ Frame Length20 Bytes
RSV_RES Frame Length14 Bytes
SIFS (Control Band)10 S
Slot9 S
DIFS28 S
SIFS (Data Band)3 S
SBIFS1 S
Ack Timeout (Control Band)100 S
Ack Timeout (Data Band)300 S
Control Band transfer rate54 Mbps
Data Band transfer rate1 Gbps
Number of nodes
Number of Antenna’s Sectors