越來越多人使用無線區域網路，改進無線區域網路的效能就顯得越重要。無線區域網路會因為基地台負載不平衡而降低了無線區域網路的效能。此外，這種負載不平衡現象導致高負載的基地台頻寬吃緊，而另一方面卻浪費了低負載基地台的頻寬，結果使得無線區域網路的效能無法被充分運用。為了使無線區域網路的效能能被充分運用，必須採用某些機制來改善這種負載不平衡的現象，這類機制我們稱為負載平衡機制。本篇論文基於目前無線區域網路的架構，探討負載平衡機制並且實現一個負載平衡的系統。

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