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CADWAN – A Control Architecture for Dense Wi-Fi Access Networks

Szymon SzottPierluigi GalloIlenia TinnirelloKatarzyna Kosek-szott

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Flexibility (engineering)Ubiquitous computingAccess networkComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer sciencebusiness.industryWireless networkSettore ING-INF/03 - TelecomunicazioniInterface (computing)Distributed computing802.11ax CAPWAP dense networks optimization SDN Wi-Fi.020206 networking & telecommunications020302 automobile design & engineering02 engineering and technologyComputer Science Applications0203 mechanical engineeringScalability0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringWirelessElectrical and Electronic EngineeringbusinessComputer network

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The growing demands of ubiquitous computing are leading towards the densification of wireless access networks. The challenges of high density deployments can be addressed by network- wide centralized control. To this end we propose CADWAN – a Control Architecture for efficient management of Dense Wi-Fi Access Networks. Its main advantages are: flexibility (it supports software- defined wireless networking), scalability (it uses a three-tier optimization framework), and extendibility (it exploits a unified control interface with support for heterogeneous devices). Furthermore, CADWAN is complementary to ongoing developments in IEEE 802.11, especially 802.11ax.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-01-01
10.1109/mcom.2017.1601097http://hdl.handle.net/10447/244532