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WD2: an improved wifi-direct group formation protocol

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CHANTS '14: Proceedings of the 9th ACM MobiCom workshop on Challenged networks

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2645672.2645674

Published: 07 September 2014 Publication History

Abstract

WiFi-Direct is a recently proposed standard for mobile devices to create ad hoc networks. Its inclusion into the An- droid operating system provides a large user base, making WiFi-Direct a popular protocol in which to build applica- tions. In this paper, we performed an in-depth study of the WiFi-Direct protocol on Android and discovered several limitations, especially when it is used for form groups with more than two devices. We propose WD2, a new group for- mation protocol based on WiFi-Direct that is suitable for larger groups of devices. Our prototype experiments indi- cate WD2 increases the average throughput by 45% over conventional WiFi-Direct, and reduces the group formation time by 250%.

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WD2: an improved wifi-direct group formation protocol
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