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Bachelor’s thesis in Electronic Engineering 15 Credit points FÖR TEKNIK OCH MILJÖ Wireless Site Survey AKADEMIN FÖR TEKNIK OCH MILJÖ Site Surve

Page | 10 1. Theory This section will deal with the theoretical aspect of our work. We will describe all information that we need to k

Page | 11 Figure 1 Wi-Fi mark

Page | 12 1.2 Roaming A critical function in a multiple-cell wireless LAN i.e. ESS, as shown in Figure (4), is roaming, which enables w

Page | 13 Figure 4: Roaming 1.3 Site Survey The main purpose of a wireless site survey is to determine the number and placement of a

Page | 14 1.4 Site Survey Considerations If we need to conduct a site survey it is important to consider a Different of factors that could affec

Page | 15 2. Measurements and results This chapter will deal with the practical aspects of our work; we will start this section by revi

Page | 16 Microsoft Office Picture Manager and Microsoft paint and adobe photo shop have been used also in this project to improve the site

Page | 17 2.2 Work Implementation and results presentation After we presented the tools that we will need in this project, this section we will ma

Page | 18 The home environment site survey test will be done in an apartment, small and for one person apartment, the map image of this apa

Page | 19 The apartment contains a normal router, wireless –G Router (WGR614) from NETGEAR is shown in figure (6). We checked th

Page | 2 Abstract Today, Communication has increasing influence on our Daily life. Wireless data Communication services allow people to

Page | 20 The result of the Wi-Fi strength in the home environment is shown in figure (7). Figure 7: Wi-Fi Strength in home Environment We can

Page | 21 For the home environment we have one access point that sends the signal, the name of this access point is Haidar and here is

Page | 22 Survey Statistics Here is the final site survey test information in the home environment: Total Area 495 sq ft The total area is a v

Page | 23 2.2.2 Laboratory Environment After the first test at the home environment, we got more information about the site survey test

Page | 24 password, then connecting to the internet directly, therefore all results of site survey tests in this project will be focused

Page | 25 The result of the Wi-Fi strength in the laboratory environment is shown in figure (9). Figure 9: The Strength of HIG Channel in the Lab

Page | 26 And marked with yellow circle, we can directly know that the discovered access point is not located in the 3rd floor because the

Page | 27 After the site survey test in the 3rd floor (laboratory environment) we got the information bellow: Survey Statistics Total

Page | 28 2.2.3 Office Environment Our last site survey test in this project will be in an office environment, 4th floor of house 11 in the

Page | 29 The number of access points was increasing whenever the site survey test is progressing, white blue circle ( ) is shown in

Page | 3 Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my mother, who taught me that even the largest task can be accomplished if it is

Page | 30 Changing the location of the access point is very important if we want to improve the network. For the 4th floor the informat

Page | 31 3. Summary and Conclusions 3.1 Access point locations In this thesis we used site surveying as a method for measuring the actual real n

Page | 32 3.3 Future Work The main reason of this thesis was to introduce the wireless network principles and site survey me

Page | 33 4 References [1] http://www.visiwave.com Last Access 2011-01-13 [2] http://www.metageek.net Last Access 2011-01-13 [3] IEEE Standards Ass

Appendix 1 This Appendix contain some information about VisiWave Site Survey program, and how the program works in a briefly, depending on VisiWav

Page | II Figure 13: Survey Properties The new survey file is loaded and displayed in the main application window, is shown in figure (14). At t

Page | III Figure 14: The Main Application Window  Collecting Wi-Fi Data versus Spectrum Data In VisiWave Site Survey program there are two op

Page | IV  Collecting Survey Data After these steps that we discussed before, and directly after loading our map image of the Set Survey Map Scal

Page | V Before jumping into collecting data, give some thought to where we plan to survey and how we plan on covering that area. Also k

Page | VI  Continuous capture mode To use this mode we should first press on the point to point Capture Mode Button ( ) in the toolbar, Then pres

Page | 4 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my Teacher Mr.Niklas Rothpfeffer for the all work and for providing all the requirements

Page | VII  Deleting Data Any survey data added to survey file can be removed, if we begin to collect survey data and something does not go right

Page | VIII VisiWave Site Survey Report program consist of six different items that can be added to the report by clicking on the Global

Appendix 2 Discovered access points table only for HIG channel in the laboratory environment “The discovered access points are listed fi

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Appendix 3 Discovered access points table only for HIG channel in the office environment “The discovered access points are listed first. Several v

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Page | 5 Table of Contents ABSTRACT ...

Page | 6 APPENDIX 1...

Page | 7 Acronyms and Abbreviations WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WIFI Wireless Fidelity PDA Personal Digital Assistant WAP Wireless Access

Page | 8 List of Figures Figure 1 Wi-Fi mark Figure 2 Wireless Card ...

Page | 9 Introduction We will study the Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN). How it works. What are the requirements of this network. Where