Wi-Fi Network Profiling and QoS Assessment for Real Time Video Streaming

Abstract

The municipal wireless networks are developed using Wi-Fi connectivity for establishing smart cities. Wi-Fi access is provided to several thousands of cities worldwide. However, the overall utilization profile, Quality of Experience (QoE) of the user and Quality of Service (QoS) analysis has not been performed in most of these cities. There are 304 free wi-fi hotspots available in the Coimbatore City. The service availability, network performance and user connection data are analyzed for a duration of one year. The 304 hotspots are categorized into North, East, West, South and Centre zones. Video streaming experiment is conducted in these zones. The data set is leveraged for establishing and verifying the correlation between the area specific events and total user access in the region.