Interference Measurements in IEEE 802.11 Communication Links Due to Different Types of Interference Sources

Jan-Willem van Bloem; Roel Schiphorst; Taco Kluwer; Cornelis H. Slump

doi:10.1109/WiCOM.2012.6478551

Interference Measurements in IEEE 802.11 Communication Links Due to Different Types of Interference Sources

Jan-Willem van Bloem, Roel Schiphorst, Taco Kluwer, Cornelis H. Slump

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Abstract

The number of wireless devices (smartphones, laptops, sensors) that use the 2.4 GHz ISM band is rapidly increasing. The most common communication system in this band is Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b/g/n). For that reason coexistence between Wi-Fi and other systems becomes more and more important. In this paper we have investigated the influence on Wi-Fi communication for different interference sources, i.e., wireless Audio/Video (A/V) transmitter, microwave and Bluetooth. A measurement tool has been developed to measure this influence both at the Physical (PHY) Layer and at the link layer to assess the overall Quality of Service (QoS). At link layer the tool allows to analyze the received packets types and sub fields; a sophisticated approach to analyze interference mechanisms compared to traditional packet sniffers that focus on throughput and packet error rate only. In addition, this tool allows to identify the type of interference source based on the occurring interference mechanisms at these lower two layers of the OSI protocol stack. The experimental results show severe impact of A/V transmitters which causes significant overall QoS degradation of WiFi communication in contrast to microwave and Bluetooth interference.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61284-684-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WiCOM.2012.6478551
Publication status	Published - 21 Sep 2012

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing
Publisher	IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society
ISSN (Print)	2161-9646

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EWI-23213
METIS-296377
IR-85264

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van Bloem, J-W., Schiphorst, R., Kluwer, T., & Slump, C. H. (2012). Interference Measurements in IEEE 802.11 Communication Links Due to Different Types of Interference Sources. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012 (pp. 1-6). (International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing). USA: IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/WiCOM.2012.6478551

van Bloem, Jan-Willem ; Schiphorst, Roel ; Kluwer, Taco ; Slump, Cornelis H. / Interference Measurements in IEEE 802.11 Communication Links Due to Different Types of Interference Sources. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012. USA : IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, 2012. pp. 1-6 (International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing).

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van Bloem, J-W, Schiphorst, R, Kluwer, T & Slump, CH 2012, Interference Measurements in IEEE 802.11 Communication Links Due to Different Types of Interference Sources. in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012. International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, USA, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1109/WiCOM.2012.6478551

Interference Measurements in IEEE 802.11 Communication Links Due to Different Types of Interference Sources. / van Bloem, Jan-Willem; Schiphorst, Roel; Kluwer, Taco; Slump, Cornelis H.

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012. USA : IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society, 2012. p. 1-6 (International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing).

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van Bloem J-W, Schiphorst R, Kluwer T, Slump CH. Interference Measurements in IEEE 802.11 Communication Links Due to Different Types of Interference Sources. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2012. USA: IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society. 2012. p. 1-6. (International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing). https://doi.org/10.1109/WiCOM.2012.6478551