Title :
Quantitative Analysis of Wi-Fi in the Presence of Interferers
Author :
Yap, Ying Bing ; Li, Li ; Zhang, Bingjian ; Rele, Kunal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL
Abstract :
Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) based networks operate in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz ISM band. This "unlicensed" band is crowded by other wireless devices like baby monitors, Bluetooth based devices, and cordless phones. Microwave Ovens (MWO) are particularly popular unintentional transmitters that also operate in this band. This paper discusses a research focused on quantitatively analyzing the effects of various interferers on Wi- Fi based on metrics such as average data rates, number of packets transmitted, total power, retry rate and CRC error rate. This analysis will be a key element in designing and comparing various interference mitigation mechanisms in Wi-Fi and implementing restrictions on proprietary devices.
Keywords :
wireless LAN; Bluetooth based devices; CRC error rate; Wi-Fi; average data rates; baby monitors; cordless phones; frequency 2.4 GHz; microwave ovens; quantitative analysis; retry rate; total power; wireless devices; wireless fidelity; Bluetooth; FCC; Interference; Microwave devices; Microwave ovens; Pediatrics; Radio frequency; Spread spectrum communication; Transmitters; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, 2009. CCNC 2009. 6th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2308-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2309-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCNC.2009.4784704
