Improving the Performance of Wireless LANs: A Practical Guide

by Nurul Sarkar

Overview

While there are countless books on wireless networks, few actually quantify the key performance-limiting factors of wireless local area networks (WLANs) and describe various methods for improving WLAN performance. Fulfilling these needs, Improving the Performance of Wireless LANs: A Practical Guide provides both theoretical background and empirical

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000556797
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	01/08/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	472
Sales rank:	696,658
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Nurul I. Sarkar holds a Ph.D from the University of Auckland and is currently associate professor and leader of the Network Security Research Group at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. A member of many professional organizations and societies, including IEEE Communications Society and Australasian Association for Engineering Education, he is a regularly invited keynote speaker, chair, and committee member for various national and international forums. He has published more than 120 articles and served on the editorial review boards of several prestigious journals. His first edited book, Tools for Teaching Computer Networking and Hardware Concepts, was published by IGI Global in 2006.

Table of Contents

Theoretical Background. Wireless Local Area Networks. Radio Propagation Characteristics. Wireless Medium Access Control Protocols. Wireless Routing Protocols. Cross-Layer Design for WLANs. Empirical Study. Effect of Radio Propagation Environments on WLAN Performance. Performance of 802.11g in an Obstructed Office Space. Improving WLAN Performance by Modifying MAC Protocols. Effect of AP Configuration on WLAN Performance. Effect of Routing Protocols on WLAN Performance. Improving WLAN Performance using CLD Optimization. Effect of Traffic Distribution on WLAN Performance. Combined Effect of Signal Strength and Traffic Type on WLAN Performance. Concluding Remarks. Implications for System Planning and Deployment. Recent Developments in WLANs. Appendices.

Editorial Reviews

The book gives a balanced presentation of both theoretical and empirical aspects of performance analysis and improvement. This is clearly reflected by the two-part composition, as well as the carefully arranged chapters each with ‘further reading’ and ‘mini-projects’sections. Empirical factors considered are relevant to real-world'scenarios, such as the office space, mobility, and traffic loads.
—Jeremiah Deng, Department of Information Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

This book is a practical guide to IEEE 802.11-based wireless local area networks (WLANs). ... The approach proposed in this book is indeed about combining a measurement-based performance estimation approach with simulations through discrete-event network simulation packages (OPNET and ns-2). ... The style of this book is original and effective. The dissertation on WLANs is comprehensive and provides practical guidelines for their design and deployment. The book can be a useful resource for students, researchers, and engineers. Each chapter includes a summary of key terms, suggestions for further readings, key terms, and review questions. This set of learning aids, complemented by suggestions for mini-projects to provide deeper understanding of the topics presented in each chapter, make the book a useful textbook or handbook for classrooms or schools that provide courses on wireless communications.
—Diego Merani, book review appearing in ACM Computing Reviews, June 2014

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