Distinguishing collisions from low signal strength in static 802.11n wireless LANs

Authors:
Mingu Cho;Hakyung Jung;Shinhaeng Oh;Ted "Taekyoung" Kwon;Yanghee Choi
Affiliations:
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Venue:
Proceedings of The ACM CoNEXT Student Workshop
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper proposes how to figure out whether frame losses are due to collisions or low signal strength. We observe subframe losses have distinct patterns through experiments, and devise a simple criterion which effectively distinguishes collisions from weak signals.