[Ns-developers] access point selection based on the received signal strength

[Mathieu Lacage]

On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 16:37 +0100, ichrak amdouni wrote:

>        1. In the presence of two access points, a station receives
> beacons having the same power even it is moving at high speed.
> 
>      1. It seems that all nodes are having the same WifiPhy (the same
>         TX power, same CS 
>         threshold ...) . If it is the case, is this fact explaining 1)
>         or it is perhaps related to the mobility model of the station?

It really depends on how you have built your topology but, yes, by
default, all wifi devices shared the same set of parameters.

>      1. One way to make AP send with different txpower is to modify
>         the txgain of the underlying physical layer. Right? Is there
>         any other possibility? 

Yes, you could do this. You could also move the APs at different
distances from the STA.


Mathieu