
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
Page | - 2 - 00:1d:a2:ca:3c:50 10 Clear Infra 1 0 00:1d:a2:ca:3c:50 6 Clear Infra 1 0 00:1e:13:1b:64:30 ? Clear Infra 2 0 00:1e:13:1b:64:30 9 Clear
Page | - 3 - 00:1e:13:1b:68:b0 6 Clear Infra 65 129 00:1e:13:1b:68:b0 3 Clear Infra 5 0 00:1e:13:1b:68:b0 10 Clear Infra 13 0 00:1e:13:1b:68:b0 8 Cl
Appendix 3 Discovered access points table only for HIG channel in the office environment “The discovered access points are listed first. Several v
Page | - 2 - 00:1e:13:1a:85:50 6 Clear Infra 0 158 00:1e:13:1a:e2:90 6 Clear Infra 0 92 00:24:97:f1:7a:a0 1 Clear Infra 0 146 00:24:97:f1:7a:a0 1 Cl
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
Comments to this Manuals