CADWAN: A Control Architecture for Dense WiFi Access Networks
Pierluigi Gallo, Katarzyna Kosek‐Szott, Szymon Szott, Ilenia Tinnirello · IEEE Communications Magazine · 2018
The growing demands of ubiquitous computing are leading to the densification of wireless access networks. The challenges of high density deployments can be addressed by network-wide centralized control. To this end, we propose CADWAN, a Control Architecture for efficient management of Dense WiFi Access Networks. Its main advantages are: flexibility (it supports software-defined wireless networking), scalability (it uses a three-tier optimization framework), and extendibility (it exploits a unified control interface with support for heterogeneous devices). Furthermore, CADWAN is complementary to ongoing developments in IEEE 802.11, especially 802.11ax.