Benjamin E. Henty. Throughput Measurements and Empirical Prediction Models for IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN (WLAN) Installations. Master's Thesis, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, USA,2001.
Typically a wireless LAN infrastructure is designed and installed by Networking Professionals. These individuals are extremely familiar with wired networks, but are often unfamiliar with wireless networks. Thus, Wireless LAN installations are currently handicapped by the lack of an accurate, performance prediction model that is intuitive for use by non-wireless professionals. To provide a solution to this problem, this thesis presents a method of predicting the expected wireless LAN throughput using a site-specific model of an indoor environment. In order to develop this throughput prediction model, two wireless LAN throughput measurement products, LANFielder and SiteSpy, were created. These two products, which are patent pending, allow site-specific network performance measurements to be made. These two software packages were used to conduct an extensive measurement campaign to evaluate the performance of two IEEE 802.11b access points (APs) under ideal, multi-user, and interference scenarios. The data from this measurement campaign was then used to create empirically based throughput prediction models. The resulting models were first developed using RSSI measurements and then confirmed using predicted signal strength parameters.
@MASTERSTHESIS{henty_msthesis_2001,
author = {Benjamin E. Henty},
title = {Throughput Measurements and Empirical Prediction Models for IEEE
802.11b Wireless LAN (WLAN) Installations},
school = {Virginia Tech University},
year = {2001},
address = {Blacksburg, VA, USA},
month = {Aug.},
abstract = {Typically a wireless LAN infrastructure is designed and installed
by Networking Professionals. These individuals are extremely familiar
with wired networks, but are often unfamiliar with wireless networks.
Thus, Wireless LAN installations are currently handicapped by the
lack of an accurate, performance prediction model that is intuitive
for use by non-wireless professionals.
To provide a solution to this problem, this thesis presents a method
of predicting the expected wireless LAN throughput using a site-specific
model of an indoor environment. In order to develop this throughput
prediction model, two wireless LAN throughput measurement products,
LANFielder and SiteSpy, were created. These two products, which are
patent pending, allow site-specific network performance measurements
to be made. These two software packages were used to conduct an extensive
measurement campaign to evaluate the performance of two IEEE 802.11b
access points (APs) under ideal, multi-user, and interference scenarios.
The data from this measurement campaign was then used to create empirically
based throughput prediction models. The resulting models were first
developed using RSSI measurements and then confirmed using predicted
signal strength parameters.},
file = {henty_msthesis_2001.pdf:me/henty_msthesis_2001.pdf:PDF},
owner = {henty},
timestamp = {2006.04.17},
url = {http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08142001-172523/}
}
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