Research Article
Running variance metric for evaluating performance of wireless IP networks in the MobileCty testbed
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDNT.2005.30, author={Christer \AE{}hlund and Robert Br\aa{}nnstr\o{}m and Arkady Zaslavsky}, title={Running variance metric for evaluating performance of wireless IP networks in the MobileCty testbed}, proceedings={1st International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad hoc and Sensor Networks}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM}, year={2005}, month={3}, keywords={}, doi={10.1109/TRIDNT.2005.30} }
- Christer Åhlund
Robert Brännström
Arkady Zaslavsky
Year: 2005
Running variance metric for evaluating performance of wireless IP networks in the MobileCty testbed
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2005.30
Abstract
This paper proposes and analyzes a Running Variance Metric performance measurement of wireless local area networks and its formal aspects. Our approach evaluates the performance of wireless local area networks in infrastructure mode as well as in ad hoc mode. The Running Variance Metric is used to discover relative traffic loads of available access-points/gateways at the network layer in order to provide connectivity to the wired network. The paper discusses a simulation study. The simulation results demonstrate the usefulness and efficiency of the Running Variance Metric to evaluate the utilization of available access-points/gateways. It is also shown that this metric can be used for hop-analysis in multihop ad hoc wireless networks.