IEEE802.11 Wireless Networks under Aggressive Mobility Scenarios
Pierpaolo Bergamo, Matteo Cesana, M. Gerla, Daniela Maniezzo, Giovanni Pau, Dylan Whiteman, Kaiyuan Yao · Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) · 2003
Wireless LAN (WLAN) has been extensively deployed in commercial, scientific and home applications due to the availability of low-cost wireless Network Interace Cards (NICs) based on the IEEE802.11 standard. The purpose of this work is to study experimentally the behavior of an IEEE802.11 wireless network when the nodes are characterized by mobility up to the speed of 240 km/h. This study leads to the understanding of the survivability and the performance of a connection under various aggressive mobility conditions. These studies may be adapted for data telemetry from mobile airborne nodes to fixed networks or between airborne nodes.