Abstract This thesis presents a method for dyamically setting 802.11 wireless LAN waveforms and transmission power levels based on the wireless channel's signal to noise ratio. Simulation models were developed to study the performance of our media access control (MAC) protocol, SNR-WPA (Signal to Noise Ratio-Waveform Power Adaptation), and compare the performance to a baseline wireless LAN MAC. SNR-WPA method is shown to increase the throughput and range while decreasing the packet delay for...

Abstract Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) could feasibly be used as an organization's secondary backup network due to the properties of WMNs, such as dynamic self-organization, self-configuration, self-healing, decentralized management, and inexpensive implementation. This backup network could be helpful in allowing an organization's business to continue in case of an extended main network outage. This thesis research involved the study and implementation of WMNs to evaluate the feasibility of...

Abstract The IEEE 802.11 standard is becoming the most popular and efficient network topology deployed today. Providing and ensuring the security of wireless network is essential part to its continuous growth. Goals such as confidentiality and trust imply that every data transmitted by each user stays known only to the communicating parties. Authorization of users is also a very important aspect of network integrity. There exist mechanisms defined by the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocol that...