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Performance Analysis of Weather’s Impact on Outdoor IEEE 802.11b/g Links Using Network Management Parameters

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Some previous works concluded that weather conditions impact on the performance of outdoor IEEE 802.11b/g links. They show high correlation coefficients between the number of control frame errors and the weather conditions. However, these previous studies do not consider grouping weather conditions into ranges and it would provide very valuable information in this issue. Knowing the weather conditions ranges where the weathers’ impact is really significant would be very useful for future outdoor networks. Thus, we have carried out a deep study on an experimental IEEE 802.11b/g setup in order to extract real conclusions. It is composed of two outdoor radio links of different lengths transmitting traffic continuously. Results show that in spite of covering a lower distance, the short distance link is more susceptible to the weather conditions. It is due to the modulation scheme used in that case. Moreover, they show different correlation coefficients depending on the groupings of weather conditions.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by the “Vicerectorat d’investigació” through the “Programa para la Formación de Personal Investigador” of the UPV (FPI-UPV). The authors would like to thank the Information and Communications Systems Office (ASIC), Borja Opticos Enterprise and Azimut Electronics Company for their collaboration and support.

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  1. Departament d’Informàtica, Universitat de València, Av. de la Universitat, s/n, 46100, Burjassot, Spain

    Diana Bri & Miguel Garcia-Pineda

  2. Department of Communications, Universitat Politècnica de València, Cami de Vera, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    Jaime Lloret & Francisco Ramos

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Bri, D., Garcia-Pineda, M., Lloret, J. et al. Performance Analysis of Weather’s Impact on Outdoor IEEE 802.11b/g Links Using Network Management Parameters. Mobile Netw Appl 21, 603–619 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-016-0758-9

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