Impact of power limitations on the performance of WLANs for home networking applications

This paper considers the application of 5 GHz wireless LAN technology to home networking applications. An assessment of physical layer performance is presented in the form of the achievable data rate as a function of received signal to noise ratio. The transmit power limitations imposed by the relev...

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Main Authors: Armour, S., Lee, B.S., Doufexi, A., Nix, A.R., Bull, D.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Europe
North America
Physical layer
Power amplifiers
Power system modeling
Radio spectrum management
Signal to noise ratio
Telecommunication standards
Throughput
Wireless LAN
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Summary:This paper considers the application of 5 GHz wireless LAN technology to home networking applications. An assessment of physical layer performance is presented in the form of the achievable data rate as a function of received signal to noise ratio. The transmit power limitations imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies are also summarised. Based on this information, a state of the art propagation modelling tool is used to evaluate the coverage achieved by a WLAN system in an example residential environment in terms of the achieved data rate.
DOI:10.1109/ICCE.2001.935292