Channel assignment strategies for throughput enhancement in high density wireless local area networks

The emergence of high density wireless local area network (WLAN) deployments in recent years is a testament to both the insatiable demands for wireless broadband services and the ubiquity of WLAN technology. The increased density of WLAN deployments brings with it the potential of increased capacity, extended coverage and exciting new applications. On the other hand, however, the corresponding increase in contention and interference can significantly degrade throughputs unless new challenges in channel assignment are addressed effectively.\ud \ud This thesis deals with the investigation and development of practical channel assignment schemes in high density WLANs that can provide enhanced throughputs.\u