Measurement setup for automatized baselining of WLAN network performance
Taulant Berisha, Cise Midoglu, Samira Homayouni, Philipp Svoboda, Markus Rupp · 2015
WLAN technology defined by the IEEE 802.11 standard family delivers ever increasing raw data rates with each new standard. However, raw data rate does not reflect real-world performance for end users. This paper proposes an automated setup to conduct performance measurements for WLAN APs in consideration of network performance metrics. The main objective is to create a simple baseline for benchmarking to find the best among the devices. The setup is able to measure data rate, RSSI and jitter in WLAN uplink and downlink. It is a repeatable and reliable mechanism, which can be further extended to different scenarios and use-cases. We also present and discuss the preliminary numerical results. This is only the first step toward a fully automated setup in an anechoic chamber.