TECHNICAL DIAGNOSIS OF WIRELESS CHANNELS OF 802.11 STANDARD

Abstract

The main task when designing 802.11 wireless networks is to create access with the highest possible channel bandwidth for an individual subscriber. This problem is solved in two ways: calculation and test diagnostics of networks at the design stage; optimization of networks during operation based on technical diagnostics and monitoring. This paper investigates and clarifies the existing terminology for technical diagnostics and control for 802.11 wireless channels. As a result, it is established that radio monitoring is the first stage of technical diagnostics on the basis of which it is possible to obtain statistical characteristics about the change of channel parameters over time. The second stage includes models and methods of analysis and evaluation of channel parameters, considering the influence of various destabilizing factors with control operations. Based on the obtained terminology, a structural-consequential diagnostic model was proposed for the 802.11 wireless channel, which provides a formalized description of the object needed to solve the problems of diagnosis and control. The model uses the general structure of the channel and physical layer of the 802.11 standard and energy and information diagnostic parameters, which is valid for any wireless channel. The level of reliability of technical diagnostics of wireless channels is provided due to the built-in means of monitoring of subscriber devices, the number of input parameters and the observation period. In addition, an assessment of the suitability of the channel for traffic transmission is provided, which involves comparing the bit rate with the obtained technical diagnostic data. This is relevant in the current trends of improving the quality of modern infocommunication services, which significantly increases the bandwidth requirements of channels. The proposed model of technical diagnostics is a concept of methodology. It includes the use of: improved and new developed by the author's own methodological approaches to conducting research on wireless channels; acquired new knowledge about the operation of these channels under the influence of phenomena existing in the transmission medium; new models and methods for estimating energy and information parameters and the relationships between them; methods of evaluation and statistical processing of theoretical and empirical research