A dynamic channel allocation mechanism for IEEE 802.11 networks

Author

Silva, Marcel William Rocha da ; De Rezende, Jose Ferreira

Author_Institution

Univ. Fed. do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

fYear

2006

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

230

Abstract

The great popularity of IEEE 802.11 along with channel scarcity may lead to a degraded overall performance if an intelligent channel allocation process is not used. A channel allocation unaware of other network´s presence in the area may increase medium access contention and co-channel interference, harming networks´ aggregate capacity. This work proposes a new automatic channel allocation mechanism for infra-structured IEEE 802.11 networks that works in an independent and distributed manner in access points and uses clients station´s measurements exchanged with the new IEEE 802.11k standard.

Keywords

IEEE standards; channel allocation; packet radio networks; IEEE 802.11 networks; automatic channel allocation; channel scarcity; clients station measurements; cochannel interference; dynamic channel allocation; infrastructured networks; intelligent channel allocation; medium access contention; network aggregate capacity; Aggregates; Channel allocation; Degradation; Delay; Frequency; Intelligent networks; Interchannel interference; Measurement standards; Signal generators; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Symposium, 2006 International

Conference_Location

Fortaleza, Ceara

Print_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITS.2006.4433274

Filename

4433274