Performance Evaluation of Channel Bonding in Dense Scenario

Abstract

IEEE 802.11ac standard has extended channel bonding to improve network throughput. However, in an increasingly dense network environment, 802.11ac has not achieved desired performance. To solve the problem, the latest standard 802.11ax which aims to improve the average user performance has been proposed. In addition, TGax presents a scenario that reflects the dense network environment. In this paper, we analyze the performance of using channel bonding in dense scenario through ns-3 simulations. We also find how use of RTS/CTS affects spatial reuse in the scenario.