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AIM

ANALYSIS OF CSMA-CA PROTOCOL USING LAN TRAINER KIT

To Implement the CSMA/CA protocol for packet communication using Benchmark LAN Trainer Kit between a numbers of nodes connected to a common bus.

APPARATUS REQUIRED 1. Benchmark LAN Trainer kit 2. Two number of computers (nodes).

ALGORITHM

REFERENCES
http //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_sense_multiple_access_with_collision_avoidance

PROCEDURE Steps to configure receiver 1.Click on the CSMA/CA icon from the desktop on one PC. 2.Click the configuration button. Steps to configure client nodes 1.Click on CSMA/CA icon from the desktop on second PC. 2.Click the configuration button in the window in the second PC. 3.Click OK button and download the driver to the NIU using BOOT button command.Booting from any one of the applications is enough. 4.Run the experiment by RUN the client side also. Start from each application.Follow the same procedure in

5.Set the back-off time as 40ms simultaneously in both the windows. 6.Set the carrier back off time as 40ms simultaneously in the windows. 7.Set the control signal handshake equal to packet length simultaneously in both the windows. 8.Set the data signal handshake equal to twice the packet length. 9.After 100s,both the nodes stop Tx. 10.Once the sender stops,press OK button in the receiver node and press the stop button. 11.Repeat the above steps for various values of ta. 12.Calculate the practical offered load from the formula and plot the graph. 13.Repeat the experiment for various values of packet length,node and data rate. SETTING THE CONFIGURATION MENU Node ID Protocol Baud Rate Duration Packet Length Bit Delay Direction My Address PC1(Access Point) 0 ALOHA 8kbps(config& NEU) 100s 100 0(at NEU) Receiver 1 PC2(Client Nodes) 0 on config menu1 & 1 on menu2 ALOHA 8kbps(config& NEU) 100s 100 0(at NEU) Sender 1

THEORY Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) in computer networking, is a network multiple access method in which carrier sensing is used, but nodes attempt to avoid collisions by transmitting only when the channel is sensed to be "idle". CSMA/CA is a protocol that operates in the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) of the OSI model. Collision avoidance is used to improve the performance of the CSMA method by attempting to divide the channel somewhat equally among all transmitting nodes within the collision domain. Although CSMA/CA has been used in a variety of wired communication systems, it is particularly beneficial in a wireless LAN due to a common problem of multiple stations being able to see the Access Point, but not each other.

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS PARAMETERS OF CSMA-CA CALCULATION OF PRACTICAL THROUGHPUT

counts in all clients * Packet Length * 8 x Sum of ACK Duration of experiment * Data rate
CALCULATION OF PRACTICAL OFFERED LOAD FOR CSMA/CA

No. of count in all the clients * Packet Length * 8 Duration of experiment * Data Rate

CALCULATION OF PRACTICAL THROUGHPUT(X) FROM OBTAINED READINGS

Tx packets in all nodes * Packet Length * 8 x Sum of successfully Duration of experiment * Data rate
CALCULATION OF PRACTICAL OFFERED LOAD

N*P GC *t
a

G = Generated Load N = Number of nodes P = Packet Length C = Data Rate ta = Inter-Packet Delay

MODEL GRAPH

TABULATION IPD TX2 C2 TX3 C3 GPRACTICAL OFFERED LOAD X-PRACTICAL THROUGHPUT ACK GCOUNT

IPD

TX1

C1

TX2

C2

TX3

C3

TX4

C4

G-OFFERED LOAD

X-PRACTICAL THROUGHPUT

AVERAGE DELAY

RESULT Thus CSMA/CA protocol analysis using Benchmark LAN Trainer Kit for packet communication between a number of nodes connected to a common bus is implemented.