802.11b/g link level measurements for an outdoor wireless campus network

Author

Bianchi, Giuseppe ; Formisano, Fabrizio ; Giustiniano, Domenico

Author_Institution

Univ. di Roma "Tor Vergata"

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Lastpage

530

Abstract

Outdoor WLAN communication is envisioning an increasing interest, due to the massive emergence and deployment of outdoor wireless mesh networks. This paper provides a report on an extensive measurement campaign carried out in an outdoor wireless LAN campus scenario. A public domain driver, namely MADWiFi, has been modified in order to achieve a high (per-node and per-frame) measurement granularity, and in order to distinguish the different causes that contribute to link-layer errors. The main result of our experimental investigation is that, unlike 802.11b, which appears a robust technology in most of the operational conditions, 802.11g may lead to severe inefficiencies when employed in an outdoor scenario

Keywords

radio links; wireless LAN; 802.11b link level measurement; 802.11g link measurement; MADWiFi; local area network; outdoor wireless LAN campus network; public domain driver; Area measurement; Hardware; IP networks; Measurement standards; Mesh networks; OFDM; Open source software; Robustness; Wireless LAN; Wireless mesh networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, 2006. WoWMoM 2006. International Symposium on a

Conference_Location

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2593-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WOWMOM.2006.6

Filename

1648508