Implementation of a Distributed Dynamic Channel Assignment Mechanism for IEEE 802.11 Networks

Author

Villegas, E. Garcia ; Ferro, R. Vidal ; Aspas, J. Paradells

Author_Institution

Dep. Telematic Eng., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

1458

Lastpage

1462

Abstract

WLAN IEEE 802.11 standards are living at present a popularity momentum, but this fact is translated into a new headache to network administrators. The more WLAN networks there are in a region, the more interference they will suffer, and that means an evident decrease in their performance. In this paper we present the application of a new distributed algorithm for the frequency assignment problem in 802.11 networks which is intended to reduce interferences among cells. In addition the proposed algorithm has been implemented and tested in commercial access points obtaining the expected results

Keywords

channel allocation; interference suppression; radiofrequency interference; wireless LAN; wireless channels; IEEE 802.11 networks; WLAN; commercial access points; distributed algorithm; distributed dynamic channel assignment mechanism; frequency assignment problem; interferences reduction; network administrators; Distributed algorithms; Electronic mail; Frequency; IP networks; Interchannel interference; Spread spectrum communication; Telematics; Testing; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2005. PIMRC 2005. IEEE 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

9.7838007291e+012

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2005.1651686

Filename

1651686