Title :
Measuring the impact of slow user motion on packet loss and delay over IEEE 802.11b wireless links
Author :
Hoene, Christian ; Günther, André ; Wolisz, Adam
Author_Institution :
Technische Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN technology is increasingly used for cordless telephone services. Often, a WLAN phone is moved during a call. In the present paper we explore to what extent slow user motion influences the wireless link quality. We conducted extensive measurements with speech over commercial WLAN equipment using an experimental environment enforcing controlled motion. Our experiments show that - in contrast to the common assumption - an increase of motion speed can result in a better link quality: The packet loss rate and variance, measured after link-layer retransmissions, decreases. In addition, our measurements demonstrate that the modulation type, the maximal number of retransmissions, the experimental setting, and even the quality of power supply are the dominant influences on link quality.
Keywords :
Doppler effect; Rayleigh channels; mobile radio; protocols; radio links; wireless LAN; Doppler frequency; IEEE 802.11b wireless links; Rayleigh fading; WLAN technology; cordless telephone services; link-layer retransmissions; packet delay; packet loss rate; power supply; protocol messages; radio modem; slow user motion; wireless link quality; wireless local area network; Delay; Loss measurement; Motion control; Motion measurement; Power measurement; Power supplies; Speech; Telephony; Velocity measurement; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 2003. LCN '03. Proceedings. 28th Annual IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2037-5
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.2003.1243198