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Passive Wi-Fi Link Capacity Estimation on Commodity Access Points
Abstract : Wi-Fi is the preferred way of accessing the internet for many devices at home, but it is vulnerable to performance problems. In this work, we propose a method to estimate the link capacity of a Wi-Fi link using physical layer metrics passively sampled on commodity access points. We build a model that predicts the maximum UDP throughput a device can sustain, which extends previous models to consider IEEE 802.11n optimizations such as frame aggregation. We validate our model through controlled experiments in an anechoic chamber. Over 95% of the link capacity predictions present errors below 5% when using our model with reference data. We show how link capacity estimation enables Wi-Fi diagnosis in two case studies where we predict the available bandwidth under microwave interference and in an office environment.
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https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01292633
Contributor : Diego Neves da Hora <>
Submitted on : Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 2:50:06 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 1:26:42 AM
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Contributor : Diego Neves da Hora <>
Submitted on : Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 2:50:06 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 1:26:42 AM
Long-term archiving on: : Friday, June 24, 2016 - 1:39:29 PM
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