DocumentCode :
2716434
Title :
Testing the Performance of Wireless LAN
Author :
Kbar, Ghassan ; Mansoor, Wathiq
Author_Institution :
American Univ. in Dubai
fYear :
2005
fDate :
5-5 Oct. 2005
Firstpage :
492
Lastpage :
496
Abstract :
WLANs based on 802.11 standards are rapidly becoming popular in computer networks. Despite the advantages that have been obtained from this technology, its performance in terms of throughput, response time and security affected by many environmental factors such as distance, blockage, authentication mechanism and type of encryption used during the authentication and the data transmission. There are other security issues such as vulnerability to attack by the man-in-the-middle (MiM) attack which becomes a great concern for users and owners. However, the focus of this paper is for testing the WLAN performance under different conditions. The test results and recommendation can be used by designer and networks users to understand the limitation and how to improve the use of WLAN to optimize its capability. It is clear from the results obtained during the test, that WLAN response time is more affected by network load and very little effect by the size of encryption of WEP used in WLAN. The signal strength is very well affected by distance and blockage, which also affects the throughput. However, the throughput would be affected more with network load
Keywords :
cryptography; data communication; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; 802.11 standards; WEP; WLAN response time; authentication mechanism; computer networks; data transmission; encryption type; man-in-the-middle attack; network load; wireless LAN performance testing; Authentication; Computer networks; Cryptography; Data communication; Data security; Delay; Environmental factors; Testing; Throughput; Wireless LAN;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2005 Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Perth, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9132-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.2005.1554108
Filename :
1554108
Link To Document :
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