WiFi network for long distances applications

The needs for bridging of digital divide in the rural communities and the economics of currently available broadband access technologies have motivated us for innovation and deployment of the new system designs and applications. The widely available and flexible WiFi technique meets the cost and sui...

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Main Author: Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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spelling iium-219672012-11-06T08:45:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/21967/ WiFi network for long distances applications Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices The needs for bridging of digital divide in the rural communities and the economics of currently available broadband access technologies have motivated us for innovation and deployment of the new system designs and applications. The widely available and flexible WiFi technique meets the cost and suitability targets for the rural broadband applications. To cope with the special requirements of rural communication. amendments of 802.11 standards at the MAC protocol level has been introduced. These amendments are important due to the shortcomings of WiFi over long distances under the power constraints. This chapter proposes a new 802.11 point-to-multipoint (PMP) technique based on TDD/TDMA technique by using one of the access points in the system as centralized/gateway point to the other APs. The discussion includes the TDMA design and, architecture on top of the conventional 802.11 MAC. The protocol convergence at the gateway between the access network and the backhaul is also presented. The simulation results present the performance analysis and validate the efficiency of the proposed scheme IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/21967/1/WiFi_Network.pdf Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem (2011) WiFi network for long distances applications. In: Research Issues in Wireless Communication Networking. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 306-318. ISBN 9789674181499 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
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Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
WiFi network for long distances applications
description The needs for bridging of digital divide in the rural communities and the economics of currently available broadband access technologies have motivated us for innovation and deployment of the new system designs and applications. The widely available and flexible WiFi technique meets the cost and suitability targets for the rural broadband applications. To cope with the special requirements of rural communication. amendments of 802.11 standards at the MAC protocol level has been introduced. These amendments are important due to the shortcomings of WiFi over long distances under the power constraints. This chapter proposes a new 802.11 point-to-multipoint (PMP) technique based on TDD/TDMA technique by using one of the access points in the system as centralized/gateway point to the other APs. The discussion includes the TDMA design and, architecture on top of the conventional 802.11 MAC. The protocol convergence at the gateway between the access network and the backhaul is also presented. The simulation results present the performance analysis and validate the efficiency of the proposed scheme
format Book Chapter
author Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
author_facet Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
author_sort Saeed, Rashid Abdelhaleem
title WiFi network for long distances applications
title_short WiFi network for long distances applications
title_full WiFi network for long distances applications
title_fullStr WiFi network for long distances applications
title_full_unstemmed WiFi network for long distances applications
title_sort wifi network for long distances applications
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/21967/
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