(2005) Cayón Alcalde, Juan Ramón; Magaña Lizarrondo, Eduardo; Automática y Computación; Automatika eta Konputazioa
Nowadays, users demand higher bandwidth Internet access with the ability to connect
anywhere (or, at least, many-where) at anytime, with no restrictions imposed by mobility or the kind of
information (voice or data) to exchange. In this context, we've tried to explore the possibilities of a
largely characterized and cheap wireless solution, 802.11b, in a high mobility environment. The
performance of 802.11b wireless LANs is well known for indoor and static environments, while their
behavior in outdoor and mobile environments has not been explored but from a theoretical point of
view. Our work tests an empirical approach to 802.11b real possibilities on a high speed mobile
environment. The goal was to check if a mobile station, moving at vehicular speed, was able to
communicate with an AP at the roadside. Our results show that it is possible and achieving interesting
throughput levels.
