WiPal: Efficient Offline Merging of IEEE 802.11 Traces Export

@article{citeulike:4154271, abstract = {Merging wireless traces is a fundamental step in measurement-based studies involving multiple packet sniffers. Existing merging tools either require a wired infrastructure or are limited in their usability. We propose WiPal, an offline merging tool for IEEE 802.11 traces that has been designed to be efficient and simple to use. WiPal is flexible in the sense that it does not require any specific services, neither from monitors (like synchronization, access to a wired network, or embedding specific software) nor from its software environment (e.g. an SQL server). We present WiPal's operation and show how its features - notably, its modular design - improve both ease of use and efficiency. Experiments on real traces show that WiPal is an order of magnitude faster than other tools providing the same features. To our knowledge, WiPal is the only offline trace merger that can be used by the research community in a straightforward fashion.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Claveirole, Thomas and de Amorim, Marcelo D.}, citeulike-article-id = {4154271}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4526}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0806.4526}, comment = {LIP6 Thomasさんによる，WiPalの紹介 Cool!}, day = {23}, eprint = {0806.4526}, keywords = {analysis, wifi}, month = {Dec}, posted-at = {2009-03-09 08:19:30}, priority = {0}, title = {WiPal: Efficient Offline Merging of IEEE 802.11 Traces}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4526}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4154271 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4154271 N2 - Merging wireless traces is a fundamental step in measurement-based studies involving multiple packet sniffers. Existing merging tools either require a wired infrastructure or are limited in their usability. We propose WiPal, an offline merging tool for IEEE 802.11 traces that has been designed to be efficient and simple to use. WiPal is flexible in the sense that it does not require any specific services, neither from monitors (like synchronization, access to a wired network, or embedding specific software) nor from its software environment (e.g. an SQL server). We present WiPal's operation and show how its features - notably, its modular design - improve both ease of use and efficiency. Experiments on real traces show that WiPal is an order of magnitude faster than other tools providing the same features. To our knowledge, WiPal is the only offline trace merger that can be used by the research community in a straightforward fashion. TI - WiPal: Efficient Offline Merging of IEEE 802.11 Traces KW - analysis KW - wifi N1 - LIP6 Thomasさんによる，WiPalの紹介 Cool! AU - Claveirole, Thomas AU - de Amorim, Marcelo PY - 2008/Dec/23/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.4526 ER -