Fast handoff based on enhancement of network-Assisted radio signature in 802.11 dense WMNs

Gang Yao, Jian Nong Cao, Xuefeng Liu, Joanna Siebert

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Abstract

Recentlythe deployment of IEEE 802.11 Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) hasbeen growing exponentially because ofemerging ofsharingeconomy of WiFi. As a result, the handoff delay caused by mobile client (MC) probing for the next preferredAP becomes more challenging in a dense WMN. In this paper, we propose a fast handoff scheme T-NRS (Temporal-NRS) which leverages historical knowledge ofAPs associatedin time seriesto assist in handoff decision in addition tothe Network-Assisted Radio Signature(NRS)technique based onspatial knowledge. The enhancement improves the performance whilst eliminates the inflexibility. We implementand evaluate the mechanism in about 200 APs inshopping malls. The results prove the performance of the proposed scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, ICDCN 2018
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450363723
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jan 2018
Event19th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, ICDCN 2018 - Varanasi, India
Duration: 4 Jan 20187 Jan 2018

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, ICDCN 2018
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityVaranasi
Period4/01/187/01/18

Keywords

  • Fast handoff
  • Network-Assisted probing
  • Proactive probing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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