A Dynamic Hierarchical Network Topology to Reduce Interference in User-Rich LANs

Authors

Ian Johnson, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Erik Gabrielsen, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Danh Nguyen, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Gavin Pham, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Alex Saladna, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow
Travis Siems, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow

Abstract

In this paper we present a greedy approach to create hi- erarchical network topologies for throughput optimization in single access point to create hierarchical network topolo- gies. By minimizing electromagnetic interference, we opti- mize throughput by creating topologies where the probabil- ity of a collision occurring is low. We evaluate a series of greedy topology algorithms based on the average through- put of the resulting network. We conclude that hierarchical network topologies generated with greedy algorithms signif- icantly outperform networks with simple star topologies by up to 75%.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Ian; Gabrielsen, Erik; Nguyen, Danh; Pham, Gavin; Saladna, Alex; and Siems, Travis (2017) "A Dynamic Hierarchical Network Topology to Reduce Interference in User-Rich LANs," SMU Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 3 , Article 5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25172/jour.3.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.25172/jour.3.1.5