Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), known as Wi-Fi, have become an essential service in university environments that helps staff, students and guests to access connectivity to the Internet from their mobile devices. Apart from the Internet being a learning resource, students also submit their assignments online using web portals. Most campuses will have poor coverage areas for mobile networks and, as a result, the ability of the wireless network to supplement Internet access for mobile devices in these areas becomes more important. Acquiring clear understanding of WLAN traffic patterns, network handover between access points and inter-network handover between the Wi-Fi and mobile networks, the optimal placement of networking equipment will help deliver a better wireless service. This paper presents data analyses and Wi-Fi signal coverage maps obtained by performing wireless radio surveys, coverage predictions and statistical analysis of data from the existing access points to show the current Wi-Fi performance in several locations of a large university campus. It them makes recommendations that should improve performance. These recommendations are derived from AP performance testing and made in the context of cabling length limitations and physical and aesthetic placement restrictions that are present at each location.

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校园 Wi-Fi 覆盖映射和分析

无线局域网 (WLAN)，即 Wi-Fi，已成为大学环境中的一项基本服务，可帮助教职员工、学生和访客通过其移动设备访问 Internet。除了作为学习资源的互联网之外，学生还可以使用门户网站在线提交作业。大多数校园的移动网络覆盖范围较差，因此，无线网络为这些区域的移动设备提供 Internet 访问的补充能力变得更加重要。清楚了解 WLAN 流量模式、接入点之间的网络切换以及 Wi-Fi 和移动网络之间的网络间切换，网络设备的最佳放置将有助于提供更好的无线服务。本文介绍了数据分析和 Wi-Fi 信号覆盖地图，这些地图是通过对现有接入点的数据进行无线电调查、覆盖预测和统计分析而获得的，以显示大型大学校园内多个位置的当前 Wi-Fi 性能。他们提出了应该提高性能的建议。这些建议源自 AP 性能测试，并在每个位置存在的布线长度限制以及物理和美学放置限制的背景下制定。