Title :
Characterizing spontaneous IEEE 802.11 network deployments
Author :
Arcia-Moret, Andres ; Molina, Laudin ; Castignani, German ; Montavont, Nicolas
Author_Institution :
Inst. Telecom, Univ. Europeene de Bretagne, France
Abstract :
Nowadays, 802.11 networks have been deployed in a scale similar to that of Ethernet networks in the 90´s. Devices willing to connect to a single access point should discover it before attempting a connection. The discovery process has been proved to be highest delay sub-process during the initial discovery or a handover for seamless connectivity. In this article we present a detailed description of the scanning process in a Linux kernel, and analyze metrics of two different scenarios to characterize spontaneous deployments.
Keywords :
Linux; mobility management (mobile radio); operating system kernels; wireless LAN; Ethernet networks; IEEE 802.11 network deployments; Linux kernel; discovery process; handover; scanning process; seamless connectivity; Delays; Handover; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Kernel; Linux; Probes; IEEE 802.11; discovery time; spontaneous deployment;
Conference_Titel :
Network Games, Control and Optimization (NetGCooP), 2012 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Avignon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6026-5
