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Improvement of Wireless LAN Connectivity by Optimizing Placement of Wireless Access Points

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By rapid evolution of information terminals, such as tablets and smart phones, people having multiple wireless communication terminals are expected to increase the information access and traffic amount. In public facilities, hot spots, and university campuses, the coverage area of the wireless Access Points (APs) is limited because of high cost. Therefore, it is difficult to provide stable network connectivity. In this paper, we focus on measurement of the coverage in our university campus. Using network simulation, we measured field strength and throughput for wireless APs. We optimized AP placement and improved the connectivity in our campus.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by a Grant-in-Aid for scientific research of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The authors would like to thanks for the financial support.

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 811-0295, Japan

    Taiki Honda

  2. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Higashi-Ku, 811-0295, Japan

    Makoto Ikeda

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul University of Science & and Technology (SeoulTech), Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park

  2. Dept. Information & Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology Fac. Information Engineering, Fukuoka, Japan

    Leonard Barolli

  3. Departament De Llenguatges I Sistemes Informàtics, Universitat Politècnica De Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Fatos Xhafa

  4. Humanitas College, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Hwa-Young Jeong

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Honda, T., Ikeda, M. (2013). Improvement of Wireless LAN Connectivity by Optimizing Placement of Wireless Access Points. In: Park, J., Barolli, L., Xhafa, F., Jeong, HY. (eds) Information Technology Convergence. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 253. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6996-0_4

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