Feasibility of RSSI based access network detection for multi-band WLAN using 2.4/5GHz and 60GHz

Author

Umehira, Masahiro ; Saito, Genya ; Wada, Sho ; Takeda, Shigeki ; Miyajima, Teruyuki ; Kagoshima, Kenichi

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Hitachi, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

248

Abstract

This paper describes feasibility of RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) based access network detection for multi-band WLAN (Wireless LAN) using 2.4/5GHz and 60GHz aiming at power-saving of multi-band WLAN device and higher spectrum efficiency. The proposed scheme detects 60GHz coverage by using 2.4/5GHz WLAN signals without using 60GHz WLAN signals for on/off control of 60GHz part of multi-band WLAN device. This makes it possible to turn off 60GHz part whenever a multi-band WLAN device is out of 60GHz coverage. Ray-tracing simulation results indicate that the proposed RSSI based access network detection is feasible.

Keywords

radio access networks; radio spectrum management; ray tracing; wireless LAN; RSSI based access network detection; frequency 2.4 GHz; frequency 5 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; multiband WLAN device; on-off control; power-saving; ray-tracing simulation; received signal strength indicator; spectrum efficiency; wireless LAN; Antennas; Bandwidth; Correlation; Diversity reception; Ray tracing; Spatial diversity; Wireless LAN; 60GHz; RSSI; WLAN; access network detection; multi-band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2014 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPMC.2014.7014824

Filename

7014824