Simplified performance estimation of ISM-band, OFDM-based WSNs according to the sensitivity/SINAD parameters

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dc.contributor.author Van Rhyn, Pierre
dc.contributor.author Hancke, Gerhard P.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-02T06:31:14Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-02T06:31:14Z
dc.date.issued 2017-02
dc.description.abstract A novel method is proposed to estimate committed information rate (CIR) variations in typical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless local area networks (WLANs) that are applied in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and operate within the industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) frequency bands. The method is based on the observation of a phenomenon of which the significance has not previously been recognized nor documented; here termed the service level differential zone (SLDZ). This method, which conforms to the ITU-T Y.1564 test methodology, provides the means to set a committed information rate (CIR) reference for IEEE 802.11a/g/n OFDM systems in terms of committed throughput bandwidth between a test node and an access point (AP) at a specific range. An analytical approach is presented to determine the relationship between the maximum operating range (in metres) of a wireless sensor network for a specific committed throughput bandwidth, and its link budget (in dB). The most significant contributions of this paper are the analytical tools to determine wireless network capabilities, variations and performance in a simplified method, which does not require specialized measurement equipment. With these it becomes possible for industrial technicians and engineers (who are not necessarily information technology (IT) network experts) to field analyze OFDM WLANs and so qualify their performance in terms of Y.1564 specified service level agreement (SLA) requirements, as well as in terms of the widely acceptable sensitivity/SINAD parameters. en_ZA
dc.description.department Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2018 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.jart.ccadet.unam.mx en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Van Rhyn, P. & Hancke, G.P. 2017, 'Simplified performance estimation of ISM-band, OFDM-based WSNs according to the sensitivity/SINAD parameters', Journal of Applied Research and Technology, vol. 15, pp. 1-13. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1665-6423 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2448-6736 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1016/j.jart.2016.10.002
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66058
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Elsevier en_ZA
dc.rights © 2016 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). en_ZA
dc.subject Mobile en_ZA
dc.subject Wireless en_ZA
dc.subject Sensor networks en_ZA
dc.subject Data throughput en_ZA
dc.subject Committed information rate (CIR) en_ZA
dc.subject Service level differential zone (SLDZ) en_ZA
dc.subject Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) en_ZA
dc.subject Wireless local area network (WLAN) en_ZA
dc.subject Wireless sensor network (WSN) en_ZA
dc.subject Industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) en_ZA
dc.subject Service level agreement (SLA) en_ZA
dc.title Simplified performance estimation of ISM-band, OFDM-based WSNs according to the sensitivity/SINAD parameters en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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