On the Accuracy and Precision of Moving Averages to Estimate Wi-Fi Link Quality

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Main Authors: Cena, Gianluca, Formis, Gabriele, Rosani, Matteo, Scanzio, Stefano
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Published: 2024
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author Cena, Gianluca
Formis, Gabriele
Rosani, Matteo
Scanzio, Stefano
author_facet Cena, Gianluca
Formis, Gabriele
Rosani, Matteo
Scanzio, Stefano
contents The radio spectrum is characterized by a noticeable variability, which impairs performance and determinism of every wireless communication technology. To counteract this aspect, mechanisms like Minstrel are customarily employed in real Wi-Fi devices, and the adoption of machine learning for optimization is envisaged in next-generation Wi-Fi 8. All these approaches require communication quality to be monitored at runtime. In this paper, the effectiveness of simple techniques based on moving averages to estimate wireless link quality is analyzed, to assess their advantages and weaknesses. Results can be used, e.g., as a baseline when studying how artificial intelligence can be employed to mitigate unpredictability of wireless networks by providing reliable estimates about current spectrum conditions.
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spellingShingle On the Accuracy and Precision of Moving Averages to Estimate Wi-Fi Link Quality
Cena, Gianluca
Formis, Gabriele
Rosani, Matteo
Scanzio, Stefano
Networking and Internet Architecture
Machine Learning
The radio spectrum is characterized by a noticeable variability, which impairs performance and determinism of every wireless communication technology. To counteract this aspect, mechanisms like Minstrel are customarily employed in real Wi-Fi devices, and the adoption of machine learning for optimization is envisaged in next-generation Wi-Fi 8. All these approaches require communication quality to be monitored at runtime. In this paper, the effectiveness of simple techniques based on moving averages to estimate wireless link quality is analyzed, to assess their advantages and weaknesses. Results can be used, e.g., as a baseline when studying how artificial intelligence can be employed to mitigate unpredictability of wireless networks by providing reliable estimates about current spectrum conditions.
title On the Accuracy and Precision of Moving Averages to Estimate Wi-Fi Link Quality
topic Networking and Internet Architecture
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12265