Customizing Indoor Wireless Coverage via 3D-Fabricated
by
 
Xiong, Xi, author.

Title
Customizing Indoor Wireless Coverage via 3D-Fabricated

Author
Xiong, Xi, author.

ISBN
9780438002197

Personal Author
Xiong, Xi, author.

Physical Description
1 electronic resource (61 pages)

General Note
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
 
Advisors: Xia Zhou Committee members: Wojciech Jarosz; David Kotz; Xia Zhou.

Abstract
Judicious control of indoor wireless coverage is crucial in built environments. It enhances signal reception, reduces harmful interference, and raises the barrier for malicious attackers. Existing methods are either costly, vulnerable to attacks, or hard to configure. We present a low-cost, secure, and easy-to-configure approach that uses an easily-accessible, 3D-fabricated reflector to customize wireless coverage. With input on coarse-grained environment setting and preferred coverage (e.g., areas with signals to be strengthened or weakened), the system computes an optimized reflector shape tailored to the given environment. The user simply 3D prints the reflector and places it around a Wi-Fi access point to realize the target coverage. We conduct experiments to examine the efficacy and limits of optimized reflectors in different indoor settings. Results show that optimized reflectors coexist with a variety of Wi-Fi APs and correctly weaken or enhance signals in target areas by up to 10 or 6 dB, resulting to throughput changes by up to -63.3% or 55.1%.

Local Note
School code: 0059

Subject Term
Computer science.

Added Corporate Author
Dartmouth College. Computer Science.

Electronic Access
http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:10822404


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