Experimental Characterization of Home Wireless Networks and Design Implications Export

@inproceedings{papagiannaki:home, abstract = {Anecdotal evidence suggests that home wireless networks may be unpredictable despite their limited size. In this work, we deploy six-node wireless testbeds in three houses in the United States and the United Kingdom.We examine the quality of links in home wireless networks and the effect of (i) transmission rate, (ii) transmission power, (iii) node location, (iv) type of house, and (v) 802.11 technology. We provide empirical evidence suggesting that homes are challenging environments for wireless communication.Wireless links in the home are highly asymmetric and heavily influenced by precise node location, transmission power, and encoding rate, rather than physical distance between nodes. In our measurements, many links were unable to utilize the maximum transmission rate of the deployed 802.11 technology, and a few provided no connectivity at all. These results suggest that creating an AP-based topology with maximum coverage and throughput in this environment is challenging. Our findings have implications on the design of future home wireless networks and requirements for future wifi-enabled consumer electronic devices. We show that coverage and performance can be improved using a multi-hop topology, implying that mesh capabilities may actually be needed in consumer electronics for seamless connectivity across the home.}, address = {Barcelona, Spain}, author = {Papagiannaki, Konstantina and Yarvis, Mark and Conner, W. Steven}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM)}, citeulike-article-id = {2820707}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.cambridge.intel-research.net/~kpapagia/papers/homenet.pdf}, keywords = {crawdad, intel\_home, measurement, wireless}, month = {April}, posted-at = {2008-05-21 17:27:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Experimental Characterization of Home Wireless Networks and Design Implications}, url = {http://www.cambridge.intel-research.net/~kpapagia/papers/homenet.pdf}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - papagiannaki:home L3 - citeulike-article-id:2820707 N2 - Anecdotal evidence suggests that home wireless networks may be unpredictable despite their limited size. In this work, we deploy six-node wireless testbeds in three houses in the United States and the United Kingdom.We examine the quality of links in home wireless networks and the effect of (i) transmission rate, (ii) transmission power, (iii) node location, (iv) type of house, and (v) 802.11 technology. We provide empirical evidence suggesting that homes are challenging environments for wireless communication.Wireless links in the home are highly asymmetric and heavily influenced by precise node location, transmission power, and encoding rate, rather than physical distance between nodes. In our measurements, many links were unable to utilize the maximum transmission rate of the deployed 802.11 technology, and a few provided no connectivity at all. These results suggest that creating an AP-based topology with maximum coverage and throughput in this environment is challenging. Our findings have implications on the design of future home wireless networks and requirements for future wifi-enabled consumer electronic devices. We show that coverage and performance can be improved using a multi-hop topology, implying that mesh capabilities may actually be needed in consumer electronics for seamless connectivity across the home. AD - Barcelona, Spain TI - Experimental Characterization of Home Wireless Networks and Design Implications T2 - Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) KW - crawdad KW - intel_home KW - measurement KW - wireless AU - Papagiannaki, Konstantina AU - Yarvis, Mark AU - Conner, Steven PY - 2006/April// UR - http://www.cambridge.intel-research.net/~kpapagia/papers/homenet.pdf ER -