Location of Access Points in Wireless Local Area Networking

A model is presented for finding the most effective location of Access Points to create a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).WLANs have a number of advantages over traditional wired Local Area Networks, including enabling user mobility and having reduced wiring costs.Wireless Local Area Network deployment also brings with it a different set of decisions than faced when implementing wired Local Area Networks.With wired Local Area Networks, the topology, or geographic layout of links between terminals and concentrators, is a critical design issue.Wireless Local Area Networks, not having physical links between user devices and access points, must consider the coverage area of the radio signals used and ensure that all users are able to communicate with an access point from the locations that are identified as their coverage area.Computational experiments that evaluate a number of factors affecting feasibility and performance of Wireless Local Area Networks are conducted.