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INFLUENCE OF NANONET NETWORK ON WI-FI CHANNEL
CHARACTERISTICS
A.
S.
K
OZLOV
,
R
USSIA
,
A.
В.
V
ORONOV
,
R
USSIA
Saint-Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, e-mail: kozlov_leti@eltech.ru
Introduction
The goal of the measurements was analysis of the
influence of the Nanonet system on Wi-Fi network,
when both are active in a typical indoor scenario. In this
article the following tasks are reviewed and solved:
• Influence of power of Nanonet network signal
on the characteristics of the Wi-Fi channel
• Effect of porosity of data transmitted in the
Nanonet network on the characteristics of the
Wi-Fi channel
• Influence of the positioning of Nanonet network
antenna on the characteristics of the Wi-Fi
channel
Experiments and results
As the study network two computers connected by the
Ad-Hoc were taken. Netgear WN311T adapters with
external antenna were installed on those computers.
Computers were located so that the distance between the
antennas was about 6 meters. Source of interference -
Nanonet adapter (Nanotron TRX) was located in the
middle between Wi-fi antennas.
The device has the option of the software
configuration of the output power of the transmitter and
the delay between packets. All measurements were made
by the Wireless Mon software installed on the computer
that received the data file. This software can determine
the number of received, sent packets, requests for
repetition, the signal to noise ratio at the receiver and the
speed of data transmission.
Due to the fact that Wi-Fi device adapts to external
interference by changing the modulation, speed and
adjustment of energy per data bits ratio, the SNR at the
receiver gives very little informative response. The tests
did not reveal highly visible correlation of signal to noise
ratio and radiated power level of Nanotron device.
In this article we consider the following channel
characteristics: the bandwidth and the number of
requests to repeat a package that allows you to indirectly
estimate the number of packets that have not been
validated by the checksum, which means that they have
been received with an error. For measuring the BER
values it is necessary to use specialized equipment. In
practice they usually use parameters derived from the
BER link quality. According to the results of the tests the
increase of power level of the interfering signal affects
the signal quality of Wi-Fi network. It also narrows the
channel bandwidth and increases the number of packets
have been received with an error.
If the delay between packets is long enough the
speed characteristics of Wi-Fi network are close to the
values that are obtained when there is no interference.
Packets are transmitted at high speeds at the moments of
delay and those packets that were sent at the time of
Nanotron transmitting are received with an error, so they
are requested repeatedly. This fact can be seen on
requests of repeats count. The number of requests is
about 100 per thousand when Nanotron is active,
whereas in the absence of interference this figure does
not exceed 40 per thousand.
The closer is the source of interference to any of the
antennas the greater is its negative effect on the channel
characteristics. This is happening due to the fact that
signal attenuation depends on the degree of distance
function. So the approach to one of the antennas produces
a greater contribution to the noise situation than alienation
from the second antenna. It should be also noted that in
the process of measurements at points 1 and –1 meter
from original position, results higher than that were
expected were obtained. This results don't fit into this
pattern. At a bias of the source of the interference in
direction perpendicular to the axis connecting the antennas
for 30-40 cm the results came back into the framework of
expectations. This happens due to the fact that Nanotron
radiation evolved at the receiving or transmitting side
antiphase. To find out on what kind of antenna is a
phenomenon someone will have to make a reasonably
accurate model of the premises and depending on the
materials of walls and products to implement the
calculation of multiple reflections, which is extremely
time consuming task and is not considered in this article.
Conclusion
The joint operation of the two networks: Wi-Fi and
Nanonet in the same room is extremely problematic. Ir is
impossible to achieve stability at a reasonable rate for
both networks simultaneously. You can make the
Nanonet network signal weak enough or reduce the
transmission rate by increasing the duty cycle to provide
Wi-Fi network good working conditions. But this means,
that the quality of the Nanonet network strongly falls. So
the coexistence of these two networks is a compromise
between the characteristics of channels that can be taken
only after the analysis of traffic flows in each network.
The usage of the "anomalous" points to the location of
antennas for the antiphase addition to the antenna is not a
standard solution. It looks extremely unlikely to happen,
because any change in the situation (i.e. the appearance
of a person in the room) can break the "fragile" balance.