High-performance wireless network based on IEEE 802.11 flexible architecture

Abstract

Wireless networks have a key role in operational deployment, mobility, the flexibility of network organization and the variety of possible applications, in many cases being the only economically justified solution. Based on the above, for the deployment of wireless networks, the correct theoretical design of the wireless network is an important issue: the required number of devices, their characteristics, placement, energy characteristics of channels, distribution routes and coverage areas, etc. Correct theoretical analysis will ensure error-free construction of the network for the successful implementation of the tasks and will not lead to the need to attract additional material costs. One of the key tasks of wireless communication construction is a reliable assessment of the energy characteristics of a wireless communication channel. Modern global manufacturers of telecommunications equipment build both backbone equipment and equipment to cover WLAN (wireless local area networks) areas, based on IEEE 802.11 standards. One of the most modern standards of the IEEE 802.11 group is the IEEE 802.11ac standard, which is characterized by several improved technical characteristics compared to its predecessor IEEE 802.11n and older versions. That is why the task of evaluating the performance of modern wireless communication equipment based on IEEE 802.11ac standards and analyzing the evaluation of the energy characteristics of the communication channel to predict the parameters and performance characteristics of a point-to-point, point-to-multipoint or other wireless transmission systems within a certain wireless communication network. The following results of solving this problem are presented in this paper: – theoretical evaluation of the energy characteristics of the wireless communication channel. – laboratory studies of wireless communication equipment of the 802.11ac standard based on simulating a communication line using attenuators. – verification of the results of laboratory studies in field conditions based on the model for assessing the quality of communication in a wireless channel created based on the 802.11ac standard.