PERFORMANCE OF LOW COST RADIOS IN THEIMPLEMENTATION OF LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS LINKS
Daniele Trinchero, Alessandro Galardini, Riccardo Stefanelli, P. Venuti · PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino) · 2008
Low cost digital radios are emerging as an efficient resource for the realization of long distance (multikilometric) point-to-point telecommunication infrastructures in underdeveloped and Third World Countries. To analyze the performance of these architectures, we realized several LOS wireless links ranging from 50 to 300 kilometers. The links were based on the use of commercial IEEE802.11a/h radios. For the purpose of the research, an open source control software implementing significant modifications to the MAC layer of the standard was implemented. Experimental results show excellent performance and stability, even when the link ranges more than 100 km