Title :
On the design and capacity planning of a wireless local area network
Author :
Rodrigues, Ricardo C. ; Mateus, Geraldo R. ; Loureiro, Antonio A E
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Fed. de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
fDate :
6/22/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The design of a wireless local area network (WLAN) has two major issues: determining the best placement of base stations (BS) and assigning the frequency channels for those stations. The correct BS placement minimizes installation costs. Adequate channel assignment reduces signal interference and improve network throughput. This paper reports a real experience where we applied the concepts of two classical outdoor problems namely the optimal base placement problem and the fixed channel assignment problem to build a WLAN in an indoor environment
Keywords :
channel allocation; frequency allocation; indoor radio; interference suppression; minimisation; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; WLAN; capacity planning; fixed channel assignment problem; frequency channel assignment; indoor environment; installation cost minimization; network design; network throughput; optimal base placement problem; signal interference reduction; wireless local area network; Base stations; Capacity planning; Ethernet networks; Frequency; Hardware; Indoor environments; Paging strategies; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Network Operations and Management Symposium, 2000. NOMS 2000. 2000 IEEE/IFIP
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5928-3
DOI :
10.1109/NOMS.2000.830394
