TY - GEN
T1 - A new channel allocation scheme for mobility support in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks
AU - Jeon, Youchan
AU - Park, Sangwon
AU - Kim, Myeongyu
AU - Kyung, Yeunwoong
AU - Park, Jinwoo
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs can provide easy deployment and configuration for broadband wireless data services without dealing with a cable. However, when MSs roam in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, the conventional handoff process is not suitable for seamless mobile services. In this paper, we propose a channel-switched AP architecture in which the neighboring APs cooperate in changing the RF channel periodically in a manner determined by an AP manager so that a MS can maintain a wireless connection to APs through a RF channel even if it moves to the neighboring AP service areas. Therefore, even though a MS moves between APs, it does not require the conventional handoff process since it recognizes all the APs as one AP. Performance results verify that the proposed scheme outperforms the conventional WLANs in the seamless mobility management.
AB - IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs can provide easy deployment and configuration for broadband wireless data services without dealing with a cable. However, when MSs roam in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks, the conventional handoff process is not suitable for seamless mobile services. In this paper, we propose a channel-switched AP architecture in which the neighboring APs cooperate in changing the RF channel periodically in a manner determined by an AP manager so that a MS can maintain a wireless connection to APs through a RF channel even if it moves to the neighboring AP service areas. Therefore, even though a MS moves between APs, it does not require the conventional handoff process since it recognizes all the APs as one AP. Performance results verify that the proposed scheme outperforms the conventional WLANs in the seamless mobility management.
KW - IEEE 802.11
KW - WLAN
KW - channel-switched AP
KW - handoff
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U2 - 10.1109/ComComAp.2012.6154008
DO - 10.1109/ComComAp.2012.6154008
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84860442498
SN - 9781457717178
T3 - 2012 Computing, Communications and Applications Conference, ComComAp 2012
SP - 85
EP - 89
BT - 2012 Computing, Communications and Applications Conference, ComComAp 2012
T2 - 2012 Computing, Communications and Applications Conference, ComComAp 2012
Y2 - 11 January 2012 through 13 January 2012
ER -