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Internet-based Fault Recovery for Home Wireless LANs. Author: Unknown Presenter: Thomas Donahoe. EWLAN vs RWLAN. No private wired connection Not centralized No coordination. High speed wired backbone Centralized controller Admin coordinates wireless. EWLAN Benefits for RWLAN.
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Internet-based Fault Recovery for Home Wireless LANs Author: Unknown Presenter: Thomas Donahoe
EWLAN vs RWLAN • No private wired connection • Not centralized • No coordination • High speed wired backbone • Centralized controller • Admin coordinates wireless
EWLAN Benefits for RWLAN • Internet as the backbone • Decentralized approach • Automated (no admin) RxIP: a decentralized network diagnostic and recovery tool, initially targeted at hidden terminal mitigation
RxIP: How will it work? 1. Detect hidden terminal problem 2. Isolate the hidden terminal 3. Recover by coordination (token system)
Is there a hidden terminal? Asymmetry delivery ratio or bitrate for upload vs download AP 1 AP 2 Fail! Success! Success! Collision! A B
Is there a hidden terminal? Where is AP1’s DATA? I hear A’s ACK AP 1 AP 2 ACK DATA A B
Which is the hidden terminal? • RxIP AP’s record timestamp • Challenge-response protocol via the internet H.T.?
Which is the hidden terminal? • Loss + Concurrent (Collision) • Success + Concurrent (No Collision) • Loss + Not Concurrent • Success + Not Concurrent H.T.? • Saturation Counter
Recovery By Coordination • Token passed back and forth • AP’s “purchase” transmission timeslot • Abstain notification
Recovery By Coordination • More HT = more complicated • Must purchase from every partner
RxIP: What else? • Ideal token passing (NP hard) • No deadlock • Token loss • Incrementally deployable • Internet latency