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A Perspective on Estimation of Available Capacity in Wireless Networks

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Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications (MOBILWARE 2010)

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To understand the characteristics of the wireless networks, the network usage data from wireless measurement tools are essential. The data collection is a process of collecting the network time-varying information in standardized formats and from standard interfaces. The characteristics of the wireless networks include, signal propagation, received signal quality, network traffic, active applications and mobility of the MT. The purpose of the measurement is to collect vital data of the wireless network. There are several tools available for this purpose. The most widely used network measurement tools are client side measurement tool, Syslog, Simple Network Management protocol(SNMP), network sniffing, wireless sniffing. This paper discusses the different wireless measurement tools like Syslog, Simple Network Management protocol, network sniffing, wireless sniffing and their benefits and limitations.

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  1. Department of Information Science and Engineering, Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 560090, Karnataka, India

    H. S. Ramesh Babu

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560019, Karnataka, India

    Gowrishankar

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, 560019, Karnataka, India

    P. S. Satyanarayana

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, 50011, Ames, IA, USA

    Ying Cai

  2. Institute for Telecommunications Systems, Chair for Next Generations Networks, Technische Universität Berlin, Franklinstr. 28/29, 10587, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Magedanz

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai, China

    Minglu Li

  4. Department of Computer Engineering, San Jose State Univesity, 95192, San Jose, CA, USA

    Jinchun Xia

  5. Dipartimento di Informatica, Elettronica e Sistemistica, University of Bologna, 40136, Bologna, Italy

    Carlo Giannelli

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Babu, H.S.R., Gowrishankar, Satyanarayana, P.S. (2010). A Perspective on Estimation of Available Capacity in Wireless Networks. In: Cai, Y., Magedanz, T., Li, M., Xia, J., Giannelli, C. (eds) Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications. MOBILWARE 2010. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17758-3_35

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