Optimal Indoor AP Placement: A Case Study
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AP Placement, Network Design, Optimization methods, Coverage, Indoor Map, Wi-FiAbstract
Wireless networks in a room are strongly affected by interferences. To alleviate these effects
and enhance the performance of the wireless networks, some optimization was carried out. In this work,
an analytical study was introduced to determine the optimal number of access points AP with their
positions on the ground floor at the Architecture Engineering department building - University of Mosul.
The implementation has been done using a web-based Wi-Fi and IoT design tool called Hamina Network
Planner, and a Wi-Fi Network Planning and Site Survey Software called NetSpot. The experimental
results show that the simulation values of the available access points APs are approximately matched with
the real time manual values, achieving the best rates of -22dBm and -31dBm respectively. However, the
number of currently available Access Points AP is not sufficient to cover the building area, so that two
scenarios were suggested to overcome this issue. In the first scenario, two access points AP have been
added at different positions in the building depending on the Hamina Network Planner, and in the second
one, the transmitted power has been increased. The simulation results demonstrate that the overall
coverage rate enhanced and can include most of the building area.
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