Performance Analysis of User Connectivity by Optimizing Placement of Wireless Access Points

By the rapid adoption of information terminals such as tablets and smart phones, people having multiple wireless communication terminals are expected to increase the 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 the improvement of the coverage in our university campus using network simulation and site survey for wireless APs. Based on simulation results, we also propose an optimized AP placement for the improvement of connectivity in our campus. Based on experimental results, we noticed that the received power is non-uniform during some situations.