Channel Assignment in Wireless LANs

Professor Alex Hills

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Fri Feb 17 15:10:00 NZDT 2006 in Room 031, MSCS

Abstract

Proper channel assignment in IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LANs is important for good performance. Channels should be assigned to access points in a way that minimizes the access points' co-channel coverage overlap. A method for doing static channel assignment in a wireless LAN design is described. Also described is an adaptation of the method to do dynamic channel assignment, which allows access points to automatically change their channels as the wireless LAN's environment changes.

Biography

Professor Alex Hills is Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering & Public Policy in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches wireless communications and does research concerning wireless communications technology and its application in residential, business and educational settings. He also holds a part-time appointment as Profesor Extraordinario at the Universidad Austral de Chile.