{"id":8229,"date":"2012-11-14T23:37:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T05:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8229"},"modified":"2012-11-14T23:37:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T05:37:25","slug":"new-wifi-protocol-boosts-congested-wireless-network-throughput-by-700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8229","title":{"rendered":"New WiFi protocol boosts congested wireless network throughput by 700%"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span id=\"intelliTXT\">To solve this problem, NC State University has devised <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ncsu.edu\/releases\/wms-gupta-wifi\/\">a scheme called WiFox<\/a>. In essence, WiFox is some software that runs on a WiFi access point (i.e. it\u2019s part of the firmware) and keeps track of the congestion level. If WiFox detects a backlog of data due to congestion, it kicks in and enables high-priority mode. In this mode, the access point gains complete control of the wireless network channel, <strong>allowing it to clear its backlog of data.<\/strong> Then, with the backlog clear, the network returns to normal.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extremetech.com\/computing\/140461-new-wifi-protocol-boosts-congested-wireless-network-throughput-by-700\">New WiFi protocol boosts congested wireless network throughput by 700% | ExtremeTech<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To solve this problem, NC State University has devised a scheme called WiFox. In essence, WiFox is some software that runs on a WiFi access point (i.e. it\u2019s part of the firmware) and keeps track of the congestion level. If &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=8229\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[465,975,323,78],"class_list":["post-8229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking","tag-access-point","tag-ncstate","tag-protocols","tag-wifi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8230,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions\/8230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}