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    Tp2 Report: Point Coordination Function (PCF)

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    The document describes Point Coordination Function (PCF), a medium access control technique used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to prevent collisions. PCF allows for centralized control of the network through an access point that coordinates communication by polling stations one by one during the Contention-Free Period. The access point sends a beacon frame to start polling and then grants transmission to each station in turn, receiving any data and sending acknowledgements. The implementation in Java uses three classes - an Access Point class to coordinate communication, a Station class for each device, and a PCF class to run the network.

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    The document describes Point Coordination Function (PCF), a medium access control technique used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to prevent collisions. PCF allows for centralized control of the network through an access point that coordinates communication by polling stations one by one during the Contention-Free Period. The access point sends a beacon frame to start polling and then grants transmission to each station in turn, receiving any data and sending acknowledgements. The implementation in Java uses three classes - an Access Point class to coordinate communication, a Station class for each device, and a PCF class to run the network.

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    The document describes Point Coordination Function (PCF), a medium access control technique used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to prevent collisions. PCF allows for centralized control of the network through an access point that coordinates communication by polling stations one by one during the Contention-Free Period. The access point sends a beacon frame to start polling and then grants transmission to each station in turn, receiving any data and sending acknowledgements. The implementation in Java uses three classes - an Access Point class to coordinate communication, a Station class for each device, and a PCF class to run the network.

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    Tp2 Report: Point Coordination Function (PCF)

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    The document describes Point Coordination Function (PCF), a medium access control technique used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to prevent collisions. PCF allows for centralized control of the network through an access point that coordinates communication by polling stations one by one during the Contention-Free Period. The access point sends a beacon frame to start polling and then grants transmission to each station in turn, receiving any data and sending acknowledgements. The implementation in Java uses three classes - an Access Point class to coordinate communication, a Station class for each device, and a PCF class to run the network.

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    TP2 REPORT

    Point coordination function (PCF)

    By

    RBIH BOULANOUAR
    GROUP 03
    PCF Overview

    Point coordination function (PCF) is an optional technique used to prevent collisions


    in IEEE 802.11-based WLAN standard including Wi-Fi. It is a medium access control
    (MAC) sublayer technique used in areas where carrier-sense multiple access with
    collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) is used.
    PCF is used additionally along with the mandatory distributed coordination function
    (DCF). It is used in centralised control system, and is present in the access point (AP)
    of the wireless network. An AP is generally a wireless router that coordinates network
    communication.

    How Does PCF Work?

    The PCF is a polling-based access scheme, with no contention. In PCF, the


    access point takes control of the medium, acting as a point coordinator. The
    access point divides the channel access time into periodic beacon intervals. A
    beacon interval is the period of time between the sending of beacon frames by
    an access point, which communicate network management and identification
    information to all user stations in a specific WLAN. Each beacon interval
    comprises of a Contention Period (CP) and a Contention-Free Period (CFP).
    During the former, DCF, as described above, is used. During the latter, the
    stations wait to be polled, with the access point acting as the polling master.
    The access point maintains a list of active stations, and polls them in a round-
    robin fashion.
    Since the PCF and DCF co-exist, the access point waits for a PCF Inter-Frame
    Space (PIFS) before starting PCF. The PIFS interval is made shorter than DIFS to
    give the PCF higher access priority than DCF. The complete 802.11 media
    access event sequence is illustrated in Figure.
    Procedure:

    Step 1 − PC sends a beacon frame after waiting for PIFS. The beacon frame
    reaches every station in the wireless network.

    Step 2 − If AP has data for a particular station, say station X, it sends the data
    and a grant to station X.

    Step 3 − When station X gets the grant from the AP, if it has a data frame for
    AP, it transmits data and acknowledgement (ACK) to the AP.

    Step 4 − On receiving data from station X, the AP sends an ACK to it.

    Step 5 − The AP then sends goes to the next station, say station Y. If AP has
    data for Y, it sends data and grant to Y, otherwise it sends only grant to Y.

    Step 6 − On receiving grant from AP, station Y transmits its data (if any) to AP.

    Step 7 − This process continues for all the stations in the poll.

    Step 8 − At the end of granting access to all the stations, the AP sends an ACK
    to the last station. It then notifies all stations that this is the end of polling.
    PCF implementation in java
    In the implementation I used 3 class:

    1-ACCESS POINT CLASS:


    This class represent the access point and contain 3 function:

     Run() it is for creating a thread and run the access point on it and I used
    the function synchronized(AP) for synchronous between the access
    point and stations.

     send(String msg) this function send the received frame to the target if
    the is no other communications is happening .
     receive() for receiving frames from the stations

    2-STATION CLASS:
    It is similar to the access point with the same methods except that station can’t
    send frame directly to another station , the frame must send first to the access
    point and the access point resend it to the target station.

     run() function is for running all the station on different threads.

     the two other methods (send frame receive frame) are the same as the
    AP send and receive methods
    3-PCF CLASS:
    The main class contain the main function for creating the stations and the
    access point and calling the send/receive function.
     Main()

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