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Low-Cost Measurement Framework for IEEE 802.11ad Communication

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Computational Intelligence in Information Systems (CIIS 2021)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 1321))

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Towards Beyond 5G and 6G, IEEE 802.11ad is spreading as the primary products in Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) communication with 60 GHz, and then it will be taken as one part of Wi-Fi systems at a fast pace. However, IEEE 802.11ad is severe in managing communication quality due to the high carrier frequency, e.g., the signal strength drops off rapidly with distance and obstacles. Since communication is sensitive to various factors such as antenna direction and distance, frequent measurement at low-cost is required to deploy a stable mmWave wireless network. In the paper, we propose a fundamental measurement framework utilizing commodity consumer devices and software, not using dedicated professional instruments. The framework employs the existing utilities for obtaining wireless and IP network information, and it then can provide many parameters for analysis. The concept contributes to one of the measurement designs for deploying stable mmWave networks in the future. Besides, the evaluation results indicated that the differences in the environment, such as antenna direction, severely impact the communication performance.

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This research is supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in Japan (JPJ000254).

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    Shigeru Kashihara, Morihiko Tamai, Akio Hasegawa & Hiroyuki Yokoyama

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Kashihara, S., Tamai, M., Hasegawa, A., Yokoyama, H. (2021). Low-Cost Measurement Framework for IEEE 802.11ad Communication. In: Suhaili, W.S.H., Siau, N.Z., Omar, S., Phon-Amuaisuk, S. (eds) Computational Intelligence in Information Systems. CIIS 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1321. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68133-3_21

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