RE: Industrial Wireless - Channel Access Latency

DAB — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:55:31 GMT

There are many approaches to wireless networks about access, traffic levels and latency.

The wireless provider does a level of usage analysis and then implements enough channel to reach the 99% or so, knowing that during peak access times, some people will lose their connections.

I have seen some articles where they are considering the use of intelligent tracking algorithms that will follow the wireless device and preallocate the adjoining cells based upon position and direction of movement. While these algorithms will improve service, it will also raise questions about the big bad government tracking individual devices.

Face it, there are a lot of good reasons for the "system" to know where you are. If they would setup a panic button on the wireless devices, the local emergency response teams could provide much faster service during an emergency.

As for service, I think most people are satisfied for the most part. If you know when peak times occur, you can choose to wait a while before trying to connect, assuming that you do not have an emergency.

The wireless providers will always assess the number of devices to support verses availability. If there is a swell of user demand, they may adjust their allocation numbers and install more channels, but that is only possible if they have the bandwidth to use.

Thanks for the good series of blogs, they have been very useful to increase the awareness of wireless issues.

DAB