Thursday, February 28, 2008

Batch and Sequential Bayesian Estimators of the Number of Active Terminals in an IEEE 802.11 Network

Tom Vercauteren, Alberto Lopez Toledo

Following Toledo's trail, I read this paper in which the authors describe how to estimate the number of active stations in a IEEE 802.11 network. Bayesian algorithms are used to construct a number of off-line and on-line estimators with different degrees of complexity and accuraci.

Event thought I could not grasp the mathematical core, the references will be quite useful, since I am also working on optimizing the network performance for a variable number of stations. Further, the description of the simulations can be used as a reference for future works.

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