Practical measurements of Wi-Fi Direct in content sharing, social gaming android applications
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2016-03
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Wi-Fi Direct is a recent expansion to the very successful 802.11 Wi-Fi technology.
According to Wi-Fi Alliance, Wi-Fi Direct is being broadly adopted, among others by Google’s Android (since version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich).
However, to the authors’ knowledge no formal testing of Wi-Fi Direct throughput, latency, packet loss and energy use on smartphones has been performed.
This thesis presents practical measurements of Wi-Fi Direct capabilities on Android smartphones in practical use-case driven applications. It was found that Wi-Fi Direct would be well suited to content sharing applications and possibly also gaming applications. Furthermore, tests showed that Wi-Fi Direct
is more sensitive to communication range and uses more energy compared to standard Wi-Fi. However, with some improvements to this technology,
also discussed in this thesis, and on-going development in Android, Wi-Fi Direct could become a reliable and ubiquitous device-to-device communication
medium.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Wi-Fi Direct is ‘n nuwe uitbreiding tot die 802.11 Wi-Fi tegnologie. Volgens Wi-Fi Alliance, word Wi-Fi Direct al hoe meer ingesluit in elektroniese toestelle, veral in nuwer Android selfone. Android word ontwikkel deur Google, ensluit Wi-Fi Direct funksionaliteit in vanaf weergawe 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Egter, Android se Wi-Fi Direct datatempo, pakkie vertraging, pakkie verlies en energie verbruik is nog nie in ‘n formele akademiese werk gemeet nie. In hierdie tesis word die vermoeëns van Wi-Fi Direct getoets in praktiese Android toepassings. Die toetse het getoon dat Wi-Fi Direct gepas is vir foto- en videoverspreiding toepassings. Speletjie toepassings kan moontlik ook ondersteun word deur Wi-Fi Direct. Daar is gevind dat Wi-Fi Direct meer sensitief is vir kommunikasie afstand en meer energie intensief is as standaard Wi-Fi. Egter, met sekere verbeteringe (ook bespreek in hierdie tesis) en voordurende ontwikkeling deur Android, kan Wi-Fi Direct as ‘n betroubare en alomteenwoordige ewe-knie kommunikasie medium uitblink.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Wi-Fi Direct is ‘n nuwe uitbreiding tot die 802.11 Wi-Fi tegnologie. Volgens Wi-Fi Alliance, word Wi-Fi Direct al hoe meer ingesluit in elektroniese toestelle, veral in nuwer Android selfone. Android word ontwikkel deur Google, ensluit Wi-Fi Direct funksionaliteit in vanaf weergawe 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Egter, Android se Wi-Fi Direct datatempo, pakkie vertraging, pakkie verlies en energie verbruik is nog nie in ‘n formele akademiese werk gemeet nie. In hierdie tesis word die vermoeëns van Wi-Fi Direct getoets in praktiese Android toepassings. Die toetse het getoon dat Wi-Fi Direct gepas is vir foto- en videoverspreiding toepassings. Speletjie toepassings kan moontlik ook ondersteun word deur Wi-Fi Direct. Daar is gevind dat Wi-Fi Direct meer sensitief is vir kommunikasie afstand en meer energie intensief is as standaard Wi-Fi. Egter, met sekere verbeteringe (ook bespreek in hierdie tesis) en voordurende ontwikkeling deur Android, kan Wi-Fi Direct as ‘n betroubare en alomteenwoordige ewe-knie kommunikasie medium uitblink.
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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.
Keywords
UCTD, Wireless communications systems, WiFi systems, Android (Electronic resource), Application software -- Programming, Smartphones -- Programming, Mobile computing, Open source software