A Method for Optimal Bandwidth Utilization in IEEE 802.11 WLAN Networks

Author

Kwak, Hukeun ; Kim, Cheongghil ; Yoon, Younghyo ; Kim, Myungwon ; Kim, Dongseung ; Chung, Kyusik

Author_Institution

Soongsil Univ., Seoul

fYear

2008

fDate

23-25 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper proposes a load sharing scheme to maximize network bandwidth utilization in IEEE 802.11 WLAN networks using the SSED (Service Set Identifier) hiding. For this purpose, the proposed scheme keeps checking the available bandwidths of a group of wireless routers; selects the most bandwidth-optimal one; makes it visible to clients. Such that, whenever a client connects to a wireless router, only the selected one is visible to it while others are hiding. We implemented the proposed scheme with modifying the firmware of ASUS WL- 500 G wireless router and performed experiments. Experimental results show 35.6% performance increase in the bandwidth utilization compared to the conventional scheme.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; client-server systems; firmware; telecommunication network routing; wireless LAN; ASUS WL- 500 G wireless router; IEEE 802.11 WLAN networks; firmware; load sharing scheme; network bandwidth utilization; optimal bandwidth utilization; service aet identifier; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Communication system security; Load management; Mobile computing; Peer to peer computing; Personal communication networks; Personal digital assistants; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Networking, 2008. ICOIN 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Busan

ISSN

1976-7684

Print_ISBN

978-89-960761-1-7

Electronic_ISBN

1976-7684

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICOIN.2008.4472739

Filename

4472739