An Investigation of the Impact of Signal Strength on Wi-Fi Link ...
An Investigation of the Impact of Signal Strength on Wi-Fi Link ...
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2.3.2 Base Stati<strong>on</strong> Placement<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>An</str<strong>on</strong>g> accurate base stati<strong>on</strong> placement can reduce <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> base stati<strong>on</strong>s, adequate<br />
signal coverage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> desired area, spectral efficiency and lower installati<strong>on</strong> costs. Many<br />
studies have already indicated that base stati<strong>on</strong> placement has str<strong>on</strong>g influence <strong>on</strong><br />
network throughput, channel assignment, and efficient spectrum utilizati<strong>on</strong> in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> indoor<br />
and outdoor wireless network [52-56]. Maximizing system capacity, utilizing spectrum<br />
more efficiently and improving quality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> service are primary goals <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> WLAN design.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>An</str<strong>on</strong>g> effective base stati<strong>on</strong> placement plan is necessary prior to practical deployment. The<br />
measurement <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> signal strength is an approach to estimate coverage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> APs. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Signal</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
strength meter is widely used to measure signal strength <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> WLAN. Some computer<br />
s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>tware (e.g. <strong>Wi</strong>relessm<strong>on</strong> [57]) would also provide same functi<strong>on</strong>ality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> signal<br />
strength meter. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Signal</str<strong>on</strong>g> strength map is a comm<strong>on</strong> technique to present WLAN<br />
performance in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> practical WLAN design.<br />
N<strong>on</strong>-parametric modeling technique was developed for estimating signal strength and<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ducted measurements to validate a proposed model [58]. The study has a significant<br />
implicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> using realistic signal strength for optimizing AP placement.<br />
There are <strong>on</strong>ly three n<strong>on</strong>-overlapping channels in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> IEEE 802.11 networks. Utilising<br />
spectrum as efficiently as possible is important in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> base stati<strong>on</strong> placement. Due to<br />
overlapping channels, it results in co-channel interference. The effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> co-channel<br />
interference has already been discussed in chapter 2.2.3. Therefore, base stati<strong>on</strong><br />
placement not <strong>on</strong>ly c<strong>on</strong>centrates <strong>on</strong> signal coverage, but also selecting frequency and<br />
channel assignment [59, 60].<br />
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