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http://dx.doi.org/10.3837/tiis.2014.12.002

Temporary Access Selection Technology in WIFI Networks  

Lu, Yang (Communication Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology)
Tan, Xuezhi (Communication Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology)
Mo, Yun (Communication Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology)
Ma, Lin (Communication Research Center, Harbin Institute of Technology)
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KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS) / v.8, no.12, 2014 , pp. 4269-4292 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, increasing numbers of access points (AP) are being deployed in enterprise offices, campuses and municipal downtowns for flexible Internet connectivity, but most of these access points are idle or redundant most of the time, which causes significant energy waste. Therefore, with respect to power conservation, applying energy efficient strategies in WIFI networks is strongly advocated. One feasible method is dynamically managing network resources, particularly APs, by powering devices on or off. However, when an AP is powered on, the device is initialized through a long boot time, during which period clients cannot be associated with it; therefore, the network performance would be greatly impacted. In this paper, based on a global view of an entire WLAN, we propose an AP selection technology, known as Temporary Access Selection (TAS). The criterion of TAS is a fusion metric consisting of two evaluation indexes which are based on throughput and battery life, respectively. TAS is both service and clients' preference specific through balancing the data rate, battery life and packet size. TAS also works well independently in traditional WLANs in which no energy efficient strategy is deployed. Moreover, this paper demonstrates the feasibility and performance of TAS through experiments and simulations with Network Simulator version 3 (NS3).
Keywords
energy efficiency; access selection; throughput; battery life; packet size;
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