Deployment guidelines for highly congested IEEE 802.11b/g networks

Over the years, IEEE 802.11b/g wireless networks have been deployed in various locations such as hotels, airports and enterprises. Although IEEE 802.11b/g can be considered a mature technology, its deployment still presents challenges due to the limited number of non-overlapping channels available....

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Published in2008 16th IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Forte, A.G., Schulzrinne, H.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2008
Subjects
Airports
Cities and towns
Computer science
Concrete
Guidelines
Interchannel interference
Radio frequency
Throughput
Wireless networks
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Summary:Over the years, IEEE 802.11b/g wireless networks have been deployed in various locations such as hotels, airports and enterprises. Although IEEE 802.11b/g can be considered a mature technology, its deployment still presents challenges due to the limited number of non-overlapping channels available. This is particularly true in scenarios with a high density of users where a large number of APs covering roughly the same area is required. Through measurements we investigate different deployment scenarios, trying to provide a set of guidelines for the deployment of IEEE 802.11b/g networks so to minimize co-channel interference and maximize throughput. This, when the number of APs required to cover an area is larger than the number of non-overlapping channels available. In particular, we show how using partially overlapping channels causes lower retry rate and higher throughput than if deploying multiple APs on each of the non-overlapping channels.
ISBN:142442027X
9781424420278
ISSN:1944-0367
DOI:10.1109/LANMAN.2008.4675835