Halftime Talk on My Diploma Thesis / Zwischenvortrag zu meiner Diplomarbeit

For the last three months I have been working intensely on my diploma thesis. The thesis will be about 802.11 enhancements and EDCA QoS extensions in the new network simulator ns-3.

Today I gave my halftime presentation about the current status of my efforts. The talk is composed of a short introduction into ns-3, followed by a detailed discussion of WLAN packet reception criteria and finishes with a review of DCF and how EDCA extends it.

Be warned: many slides are not all self-explanatory and therefore less suitable as a casual introduction into the topics. They are slides meant for presentation.

The slides are available as PDFs in following three variants:

Here the table of contents:

1. ns-3 Basics
   1. Introduction
   2. Showcase: Design Patterns
   3. Current State
2. Wifi in ns-3
   1. State of 802.11
   2. PHY Layer
   3. Signals, Noise and Interference
   4. Short Recapitulation of DCF
   5. QoS with EDCA
3. Conclusion