An experimental study of the key QoS parameters in public Wi-Fi networks

Author

Lavrukhin, Vladimir ; Simonina, Olga ; Volodin, Egor

Author_Institution

Res. & Educ. Center for Wireless Commun., Bonch-Bruevich State St. Petersburg Univ. of Telecommun., St. Petersburg, Russia

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

198

Lastpage

203

Abstract

This paper evaluates the quality of service (QoS) in Wi-Fi networks considering medium access control algorithms. It provides the wireless local area networks (WLAN) traffic analysis based on hotspot statistics. It also studies the distribution of physical layer frame arrival time and channel utilization time. The results show the presence of self-similar distribution dramatically influencing the QoS parameters. The paper suggests QoS evaluation model in Wi-Fi public networks considering both user and signaling traffic.

Keywords

access protocols; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; QoS evaluation model; QoS parameters; WLAN traffic analysis; channel utilization time; hotspot statistics; medium access control algorithm; physical layer frame arrival time; public Wi-Fi networks; quality of service; self-similar distribution; signaling traffic; wireless local area networks; Atmospheric modeling; Broadband communication; Data models; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Quality of service; Throughput; Wireless LAN; IEEE802.11; QoS; Wi-Fi; airtime;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), 2014 6th International Congress on

Conference_Location

St. Petersburg

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUMT.2014.7002102

Filename

7002102