A Quantitative Exploration of Access Point Mobility for mmWave WiFi Networks

mmWave is emerging as an essential technology for next-generation wireless networks due to its capability of delivering multi-gigabit throughput performance. To achieve such a promising performance in mmWave communications, Line-of-sight (LOS) connectivity is a critical requirement. In this work, we...

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Main Authors: Jian, Yubing, Liu, Yuchen, Venkateswaran, Shyam Krishnan, Blough, Douglas M, Sivakumar, Raghupathy
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical models
Attenuation
Fading channels
Infrastructure mobility
mmWave WiFi
Propagation losses
Throughput
Wireless communication
Wireless fidelity
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Summary:mmWave is emerging as an essential technology for next-generation wireless networks due to its capability of delivering multi-gigabit throughput performance. To achieve such a promising performance in mmWave communications, Line-of-sight (LOS) connectivity is a critical requirement. In this work, we explore the strategy of infrastructure mobility to alter the location of an access point (AP) in order to provide LOS connectivity to stations (STAs) in indoor mmWave WiFi networks. Through both simulation-based and theoretical analyses, we make a detailed case for infrastructure mobility by identifying the impact of AP mobile platforms configurations on network performance and propose a ceiling-mounted mobile (CMM) AP model. Then, we compare the performance of a CMM AP with multiple static APs, and we identify that the throughput and fairness performance of a CMM AP is better than as many as 5 ceiling-mounted static APs.
ISSN:1938-1883
DOI:10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9148974