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Experimental assessment of WiFi coordination strategies using radio environment maps

dc.contributor.authorDionísio, Rogério Pais
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Tiago Ferreira
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Jorge Miguel Afonso
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-26T12:13:57Z
dc.date.available2018-01-26T12:13:57Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThe rapidly increasing popularity of WiFi has created unprecedented levels of congestion in the unlicensed frequency bands, especially in densely populated urban areas. This results mainly because of the uncoordinated operation and the unmanaged interference between WiFi access points. In this context, the main objective of this experiment is to assess the benefit of a coordinated management of radio resources in dense WiFi networks for both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, using Radio Environment Maps (REM). This experiment has used the w-iLab.t test environment and the portable test-bed provided by iMINDS for indoor scenarios. It was shown that REMs can detect the presence of interfering links on the network (co-channel or adjacent channel interference), and a suitable coordination strategy can use this information to reconfigure Access Points (AP) channel assignment and re-establish the client connection. The coordination strategy almost double the capacity of a WiFi link under strong co–channel interference, from 6.8 Mbps to 11.8 Mbps, increasing the aggregate throughput of the network from 58.7 Mbps to 71.5 Mbps. However, this gain comes with the cost of a relatively high-density network of spectrum sensors, increasing the cost of deployment. The technique of AP handoff was tested to balance the load form one AP to another, although the aggregate throughput is lower after load balancing. REMs are also capable of detecting coverage holes on the network, and a suitable Radio Resource Management strategy use this information to reconfigure the APs transmit power to reestablish the client connection and increase the throughput of the overloaded AP, at a cost of diminishing the aggregate throughput of the network. The insights coming out from this experiment helped to understand the opportunities and limitations of WiFi coordination strategies in realistic scenarios.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationDIONÍSIO, R.P. [et al.] (2017) - Experimental assessment of WiFi coordination strategies using radio environment maps. International Journal on Advances in Telecommunications. ISSN 1942-2601. Vol. 10, no. 3-4. p. 155-156. http://www.iariajournals.org/telecommunications/pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1942-2601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/5897
dc.language.isoporpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherIARIApt_PT
dc.relationFederation for FIRE
dc.relationWireless Software and Hardware platforms for Flexible and Unified radio and network controL
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.iariajournals.org/telecommunications/pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectRadio environment mappt_PT
dc.subjectPortable radio testbedpt_PT
dc.subjectRadio resource managementpt_PT
dc.subjectWiFi;pt_PT
dc.subjectInterference managementpt_PT
dc.subjectLoad balancingpt_PT
dc.titleExperimental assessment of WiFi coordination strategies using radio environment mapspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleFederation for FIRE
oaire.awardTitleWireless Software and Hardware platforms for Flexible and Unified radio and network controL
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/318389/EU
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/645274/EU
oaire.citation.endPage166pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage155pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal on Advances in Telecommunicationspt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamFP7
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
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project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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