Title :
Performance evaluation of next generation Wi-Fi (802.11ac) for mobile offloading
Author :
Picard, Vincent ; Lafond, Eric
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Centre Canada Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This Work In Progress (WiP) paper presents a preliminary performance evaluation of next generation Wi-Fi (802.11ac) devices in a controlled laboratory environment. System performance (Layer-4 throughput, latency and data loss) was measured with consumer grade 802.11ac routers, bridges and USB adapters in a single-input single-output (SISO) test configuration. Although 802.11ac-enabled mobile devices such as smartphones are now commercially available, none were available at the time this preliminary evaluation was launched. Additional 802.11ac technology evaluation is scheduled in the coming months, which will include 802.11ac capable mobile devices and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system performance.
Keywords :
MIMO systems; next generation networks; performance evaluation; smart phones; telecommunication standards; IEEE 802.11ac; mobile offloading; multiple input multiple output system performance; next generation Wi-Fi; performance evaluation; single-input single-output test configuration; smart phones; technology evaluation; Bridges; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Loss measurement; Performance evaluation; Radio frequency; Throughput; Universal Serial Bus; 802.11ac; Wi-Fi; evaluation; offloading;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2014 IEEE 11th
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2356-4
DOI :
10.1109/CCNC.2014.6940508
