• DocumentCode
    1589987
  • Title

    A pegasus over WiFi and WiMax demo: Connectivity at high speeds

  • Author

    Frangiadakis, Nikolaos ; Roussopoulos, Nick

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present Pegasus, a system providing wireless connection roaming at high velocities over multiple interfaces. Our system operates over WiMax, as well as over ldquoin siturdquo WiFi networks, while at the same time offering transparency to user level applications by allowing a single IP address per user, operating in a decentralized mode. One of our most important findings is that in a system where handoffs delay minimization is crucial, network information for user locations and used paths can be used for effective and balanced utilization of the available bandwidth. We exploit this by caching DHCP connections, which we store on the server, as well as selecting superior Access Points (AP) to use when clients handover. We use the our working testbed implementation on a simulation of mobility by cycling the client´s among APs, and derive the resulting bandwidth for large file downloading and HTTP connections.
  • Keywords
    WiMax; bandwidth allocation; minimisation; network interfaces; wireless LAN; IP address; Pegasus wireless connection roaming system; WiFi; WiMax; access point; balanced bandwidth utilization; handoff delay minimization; multiple interface; Bandwidth; Linux; Network servers; Roaming; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Web server; WiMAX; Wireless LAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities and Workshops, 2009. TridentCom 2009. 5th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2846-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2847-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976240
  • Filename
    4976240