BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2003-455
ENTRY:: June 01, 2003
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: Persistence and Prevalence in the Mobility of Dartmouth Wireless Network Users
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Lee, Clara E.
DATE:: May 2003
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: Compressed Postscript at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR2003-455.ps.Z
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR2003-455.pdf
ABSTRACT:: 
 Wireless local-area networks (WLANs) are increasing in popularity.  As
more people use WLANs it is important to understand how these users
behave.  We analyzed data collected over three months of  2002 to
measure the persistence and prevalence of users of the Dartmouth
wireless network.  
  We found that most of the users of Dartmouth's network have
short association times and a high rate of mobility.  This
observation fits with the predominantly student population of
Dartmouth College, because students do not have a fixed
workplace and are moving to and from classes all day.  
NOTE::
The data in this paper is highly suspect; see TR2003-480.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR2003-455