Case studies and experiments of SNMP in wireless networks

The paper studies an issue in the management of wireless networks. As SNMP is the most widely used network management protocol, it is natural to adopt SNMP-based management solutions for WLANs. In this aspect, we investigate the behavior of wireless SNMP in different scenarios, specifying particular wireless channel state conditions (good/bad) and background traffic load. The performance of an SNMP-based system is evaluated, using simulations verified by measurements. What if SNMP were concurrent? Will it flood a network with management traffic or would it improve the performance of wireless SNMP? The lessons learned from the simulation performed on "serial" and "concurrent" SNMP are also discussed.