Authors:
Rui Lopes
;
António Serrador
and
Paulo Freixo
Affiliation:
ISEL – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Keyword(s):
WLAN, Indoor Propagation Models, 2.4GHz Measurements, Planning.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Application Development Environment & Tools
;
Home Area Networks
;
Mobile Software and Services
;
Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks
;
Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks
;
Telecommunications
;
Wireless and Mobile Technologies
;
Wireless Information Networks and Systems
Abstract:
WLANs are nowadays at the top of the mass market networks technologies. They are essentially implemented indoors, where the traditional planning tools are not yet focused. In spite of the concern to improve the radio planning quality, the existing propagation models can still be sharpened for better outcomes, mainly in large buildings. A new propagation model is proposed and evaluated with measurements at 2.4GHz and also a planning tool is presented, with the ability to execute coverage and capacity analysis on indoor multi-floors environments. This model adapts itself to multiple indoor scenarios following the performed measurements.