DocumentCode :
2979181
Title :
Performance of IEEE 802.11 based WLAN devices under various jamming signals
Author :
Harjula, Ilkka ; Pinola, Jarno ; Prokkola, Jarmo
Author_Institution :
VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Oulu, Finland
fYear :
2011
fDate :
7-10 Nov. 2011
Firstpage :
2129
Lastpage :
2135
Abstract :
IEEE 802.11 based WLAN systems have gained interest to be used in the military and public authority environments, where the radio conditions can be harsh due to intentional jamming. The radio environment can be difficult also in commercial and civilian deployments since the unlicensed frequency bands are crowded. To study these problems, we built a test bed with a controlled signal path to measure the effects of different interfering signals to WLAN communications. We use continuous wideband noise jamming as the point of comparison, and focus on studying the effect of pulsed jamming and frequency sweep jamming. In addition, we consider also medium access control (MAC) interference. Based on the results, WLAN systems do not seem to be sensitive to the tested short noise jamming pulses. Under longer pulses, the effects are seen, and long data frames are more vulnerable to jamming than short ones. In fact, even a small amount of long frames in a data stream can ruin the performance of the whole link. Under frequency sweep jamming, slow sweeps with narrowband jamming signals can be quite harmful to WLAN communications. The results of MAC jamming show significant variation in performance between the different devices: The clear channel assessment (CCA) mechanism of some devices can be jammed very easily by using WLAN-like jamming signals. As a side product, the study also revealed some countermeasures against jamming.
Keywords :
channel allocation; jamming; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 based WLAN devices; clear channel assessment; controlled signal path; frequency sweep jamming; jamming signals; medium access control interference; pulsed jamming; Interference; Jamming; Noise; OFDM; Spread spectrum communication; Throughput; Wireless LAN; continuous; cross layer; interference; measurements; noise; pulse; sweep; tone; wideband;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, 2011 - MILCOM 2011
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
ISSN :
2155-7578
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0079-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2011.6127635
Filename :
6127635
Link To Document :
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