Impact of power limitations on the performance of WLANs for home networking applications

Author

Armour, S. ; Lee, B.S. ; Doufexi, A. ; Nix, A.R. ; Bull, D.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

240

Lastpage

241

Abstract

This paper considers the application of 5 GHz wireless LAN technology to home networking applications. An assessment of physical layer performance is presented in the form of the achievable data rate as a function of received signal to noise ratio. The transmit power limitations imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies are also summarised. Based on this information, a state of the art propagation modelling tool is used to evaluate the coverage achieved by a WLAN system in an example residential environment in terms of the achieved data rate

Keywords

indoor radio; microwave links; microwave propagation; noise; radio networks; wireless LAN; 5 GHz; WLAN performance; WLAN system; coverage; data rate; home networking applications; physical layer performance; propagation modelling tool; received signal to noise ratio; regulatory bodies; residential environment; transmit power limitations; wireless LAN technology; Europe; North America; Physical layer; Power amplifiers; Power system modeling; Radio spectrum management; Signal to noise ratio; Telecommunication standards; Throughput; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2001. ICCE. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6622-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2001.935292

Filename

935292