Title :
Autonomic Management for Capacity Improvement in Wireless Networks
Author :
Sawma, Gilbert ; Ben-El-Kezadri, Ryad ; Aib, Issam ; Pujolle, Guy
Author_Institution :
LIP6 Lab., Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
Abstract :
This paper presents an autonomic load balancing algorithm (ALBA) which enhances resource allocation in wireless local area networks (WLAN). ALBA offers autonomic management capabilities to access points that ensure the accommodation of more user traffic and an overall network capacity improvement compared to default signal strength based connectivity. Simulations with VoIP traffic over an agglomeration of WLANs show consistent behaviour among neighbouring access points and substantial performance gain in terms of call blocking rate.
Keywords :
Internet telephony; channel capacity; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; VoIP traffic; WLAN; autonomic load balancing algorithm; autonomic management; call blocking rate; network capacity; user traffic; wireless local area networks; Computer network management; Degradation; Laboratories; Load management; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wireless LAN; Wireless mesh networks; Wireless networks;
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.2009.4784696
