An overlay smart spaces system for load balancing in wireless LANs

Authors:
George Alyfantis;Stathes Hadjiefthymiades;Lazaros Merakos
Affiliations:
Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Ilisia, Athens, Greece;Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Ilisia, Athens, Greece;Communication Networks Laboratory, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Ilisia, Athens, Greece
Venue:
Mobile Networks and Applications
Year:
2006

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Abstract

An overlay smart spaces system, called MITOS, is proposed for managing the use of the resources in wireless local area networks (WLAN). MITOS monitors the traffic load distribution in the different WLAN segments, as well as the location of each user, and when necessary, suggests to specific users to change their location in order to improve their quality of service. Enhancements to the basic MITOS architecture are introduced to intelligently manage local congestion, and maintain an almost uniform load level across the network. The approach used for load balancing is based on game theoretic mechanisms, such as the solutions to the Santa Fe Bar Problem. Simulation results are provided showing the efficiency of the proposed system.