Publication:

Evaluación de los sistemas inalámbricos 802.11b en entornos de alta movilidad para su implantación en una red de Infostations

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.