Motley Keenan model of in-building coverage analysis of IEEE 802.11n WLAN signal in electronics and communication engineering department of National Institute of Technology Durgapur

Abstract

Wireless communication has captured the place which wired communication once held. One of the areas which has seen the large-scale implementation of wireless communication is the internet. People prefer to use wireless access to internet (WLAN) in place of wired and also expect the same level of service, reliability and performance as traditional wired networks provide. A common problem which is frequently noticed among WLAN users is the quality of signal or signal strength. To improve coverage in a particular area, many factors are to be simultaneously optimized. This paper presents indoor WLAN coverage analysis of the second floor of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Department of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur. The coverage calculation is based on the multiwall Motley-Keenan model. The Access Points (APs) which have been used are of the IEEE 802.11 n standard. A thorough analysis has been done to determine the setup of APs which would provide the best coverage in that floor.