Multi-AP RRM over HD-WLANs
- Duration: October 2007 – Present
- Instructor: Zhisheng Niu (niuzhs [at] tsinghua [dot] edu [dot] cn)
In High-Density Wireless Local Area Networks (HD-WLANs), wireless Access Points (APs) are widely deployed in order to reduce the cellular size and then strengthen signals. In my work, the new generation Multi-AP WLAN architecture and adaptive physical carrier sensing theory are utilized for the development and implementation of a new cross-layer research platform. Within MAC layer, it manages to complete many functions such as frame capturing, pseudo-broadcast, network measurement, interactions between kernel and user space. Within higher layers, embedded servers and an Access Controller (AC) can be used for controlling and scheduling multiple APs through Ethernet, real-time network analysis, and applying Multi-AP related algorithms. The ultimate object is to deploy a high-density testbed with multiple nodes in real environment and demonstrate the gain in several kinds of performances when Multi-AP architecture and its related algorithms are used, compared to traditional Single-AP architecture.