Can a Wi-Fi WLAN support a first person shooter?

Abstract

Abstract-In corporate and commercial environments, the deployment of a set of coordinated Wi-Fi APs is becoming a common solution to provide Internet coverage to moving users. In these scenarios, real-time services as online games can also be present. This paper presents a set of experiments developed in a test scenario where an end device moves between different APs while generating game traffic. A WLAN solution based on virtual APs is used, in order to make the handoffs transparent for Layer 3. The results show that it is possible to maintain an acceptable level of subjective quality during the handoff. At the same time, it is set clear that the fact of having a gamer in an AP could be taken into account by radio resource management algorithms, in order to provide a better quality.

Performance evaluation of SDN WLAN architecture

“…Note that the model was researched for Quake IV and we use it for Quake 3, but there are no significant differences between them in network part. To confirm our solution, we compare our results to results from Wi-5 work [17]. Our average delay is better, but there are more peaks a little bit higher.…”

“…Fig. 8 Quake3 delay in referenced article [17] Afterwards we repeated similar test described above on our solution. We have performed 8 measurements with 100 seconds duration.…”

“…We found project Wi-5 which is working also in domain of SDN and WLAN and they are extending Odin solution as we are. According to work [17] from Wi-5 project we used the same D-ITG model for Quake3 so we could straightly compare our achieved results with them. In Fig.…”

ARNAB: Transparent Service Continuity Across Orchestrated Edge Networks

“…That is, programmability and global view of the network are available for the management of client mobility. In [15], Odin framework is utilized to move vAP between different APs while client is generating game traffic. Although the schemes in [14], [15] offer flexibility and scalability in management, they still assume that all the APs operate in the same channel.…”

“…In [15], Odin framework is utilized to move vAP between different APs while client is generating game traffic. Although the schemes in [14], [15] offer flexibility and scalability in management, they still assume that all the APs operate in the same channel. More recently, a solution that combines both the advantage of operating in multichannel environment and global view based on SDN is presented in [16], [17].…”