Experimental performance evaluation of wireless 802.11b networks

Asma Bait Fadhah; Athra' Al-Lawati; Sara Al-Maskari; Abderezak Touzene; Ahmed Al-Kindi

doi:10.1109/ICADIWT.2008.4664335

Experimental performance evaluation of wireless 802.11b networks

Asma Bait Fadhah, Athra' Al-Lawati, Sara Al-Maskari, Abderezak Touzene, Ahmed Al-Kindi

Computer Science

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Abstract

According to the IEEE 802.11b/g standard (WiFi) should have a range of 300-500 ft (about 152m). The 2.4GHz frequency band used by WiFi devices is divided into 11 (in FCC) (or 13 in ETSI) partially overlapping channels. It is claimed that by using frequency bands that are at least four channels apart (non-overlapping channels) interference between those channels is avoided. We carried out two types of experiments to measure the effect of the distance and the claimed non-overlapping channels on the bit rate. From the first study, we experimentally derived a model of distance versus throughput. The second study has confirmed that the interference between the channels cannot be avoided even when using non-overlapping channels. The experiments also showed that by increasing the distance between the networks that are using non-overlapping channels, the effect of the interference decreases.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008
Pages	151-155
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICADIWT.2008.4664335
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008 - Ostrava, Czech Republic Duration: Aug 4 2008 → Aug 6 2008

Other

Other	1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008
Country	Czech Republic
City	Ostrava
Period	8/4/08 → 8/6/08

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Keywords

802.11
Log-distance model
Non-overlapping channels
Performance evaluation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Information Systems
Software

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Fadhah, A. B., Al-Lawati, A., Al-Maskari, S., Touzene, A., & Al-Kindi, A. (2008). Experimental performance evaluation of wireless 802.11b networks. In 1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008 (pp. 151-155). [4664335] https://doi.org/10.1109/ICADIWT.2008.4664335

Experimental performance evaluation of wireless 802.11b networks. / Fadhah, Asma Bait; Al-Lawati, Athra'; Al-Maskari, Sara; Touzene, Abderezak; Al-Kindi, Ahmed.

1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008. 2008. p. 151-155 4664335.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Fadhah, AB, Al-Lawati, A, Al-Maskari, S, Touzene, A & Al-Kindi, A 2008, Experimental performance evaluation of wireless 802.11b networks. in 1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008., 4664335, pp. 151-155, 1st International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies, ICADIWT 2008, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 8/4/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICADIWT.2008.4664335

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