TY - GEN
T1 - A framework of AP Aggregation using virtualization for high density WLANs
AU - Nagai, Takahiro
AU - Shigeno, Hiroshi
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are currently among the most important technologies for wireless access. In order to exploit their full potential, wireless networks need to be planned carefully. However, chaotic unplanned Access Point (AP) placement are becoming the norm rather than an exception and causing interference among APs in the real environment. Interferences among APs often decrease the throughput. In this paper, we propose Virtual AP (VAP) Aggregation which aggregates functions of APs. For VAP Aggregation, it is necessary to run functions of two or more APs on an AP and enable Mobile Nodes (MNs) to connect its belonging domain. We adopt virtualization techniques for the mechanism of APs. And we adopt virtual networks for communication. In addition, through implementing a prototype system, we confirmed that VAP Aggregation is efficient for improving throughput.
AB - Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) are currently among the most important technologies for wireless access. In order to exploit their full potential, wireless networks need to be planned carefully. However, chaotic unplanned Access Point (AP) placement are becoming the norm rather than an exception and causing interference among APs in the real environment. Interferences among APs often decrease the throughput. In this paper, we propose Virtual AP (VAP) Aggregation which aggregates functions of APs. For VAP Aggregation, it is necessary to run functions of two or more APs on an AP and enable Mobile Nodes (MNs) to connect its belonging domain. We adopt virtualization techniques for the mechanism of APs. And we adopt virtual networks for communication. In addition, through implementing a prototype system, we confirmed that VAP Aggregation is efficient for improving throughput.
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U2 - 10.1109/INCoS.2011.19
DO - 10.1109/INCoS.2011.19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857188668
SN - 9780769545790
T3 - Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, INCoS 2011
SP - 350
EP - 355
BT - Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, INCoS 2011
T2 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Networking and CollaborativeSystems, INCoS 2011
Y2 - 30 November 2011 through 2 December 2011
ER -