The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion
The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion
MDG: measurement-driven guidelines for 802.11 WLAN design
Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM international conference on Mobile computing and networking
A portable MIMO testbed and selected channel measurements
EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Mobile computing and networking
Space-Time Coding: Theory and Practice
Space-Time Coding: Theory and Practice
The golden code: a 2×2 full-rate space-time code with nonvanishing determinants
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Experimental characterization of 802.11n link quality at high rates
Proceedings of the fifth ACM international workshop on Wireless network testbeds, experimental evaluation and characterization
On the efficacy of frequency hopping in coping with jamming attacks in 802.11 networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
A real-time MIMO-OFDM mobile WiMAX receiver: Architecture, design and FPGA implementation
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Application Level Energy and Performance Measurements in a Wireless LAN
GREENCOM '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Green Computing and Communications
Throughput and PER estimates harnessing link-layer measurements for indoor 802.11n WLAN
Computer Standards & Interfaces
The impact of channel bonding on 802.11n network management
Proceedings of the Seventh COnference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies
A taxonomy and evaluation for developing 802.11-based wireless mesh network testbeds
International Journal of Communication Systems
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MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) enabled systems are characterized by higher reliability and transmission rates, as compared to conventional SISO (Single Input Single Output) systems. However, unless administered properly, the MIMO technology may not facilitate very high throughputs on point-to-point wireless links. Therefore, it becomes imperative for the network architect to design such networks in ways that fully exploit the inherent properties of MIMO. In this paper, we first conduct an extensive experimental study, using a powerful hardware platform, in order to understand the behavior of MIMO links in different topological scenarios. Our experiments involve scenarios with MIMO links in isolation, as well as in competition with other MIMO and SISO links. Second, we perform measurements with different commercial platforms towards assessing the ability of each platform to efficiently support the MIMO technology. Based on our experimental observations we deduce that the CPU processing speed of the underlying hardware platform is an important factor that can hide the performance benefits of a MIMO enabled tranceiver. We comment on the applicability of the different hardware choices that we test; furthermore, we suggest the most appropriate choice for building a MIMO testbed, taking into account the cost, the extend-ability and the re-usability of the selected platform. Finally, having adopted this choice in our testbed design, we provide a description of our testbed architecture.