Análisis de mapas de calor mediante ekahau determinando la cobertura wi-fi de dispositivos

Abstract

Wireless networks are part of communication, society seeks to be connected anywhere in the world through the use of existing wireless devices, smartphones, tablets, smart watches, laptops, digital home devices, etc. These types of devices make communication fast and optimal Since the connection of cables is not needed, installation costs are reduced, it has easy administration, scalability, easy advantage of crossing physical barriers, etc. The Technical University of Machala UTMACH is an institution of higher education that is constantly in search of quality improvement in order to train professionals with high academic and human level. For this reason and in order to improve the service it provides to its students and to the teaching, administrative and service staff it is required to verify the Wi Fi signal that is distributed in the administrative block of the Faculty of Civil Engineering FIC, cubicles and offices since here are present the careers of Systems Engineering and Information Technology, careers that usually need a good internet connection for their use within them. This titration work aims to analyze heat maps using the Ekahau application, determining the coverage or signal of wireless devices within the radio frequency spectrum at the UTMACH School of Civil Engineering. The work based on the analysis of the requirements and needs of the Faculty of Civil Engineering is presented as a solution to the problems that the wireless network constantly maintains due to the incorrect positioning of the installed wireless devices or in turn to the lack of adding more Access Point AP that improves the quality of wireless internet service. In the FIC there are flaws with the wireless network since in sectors the wireless signal is limited or null, so this analysis will have as a specific place the administrative block considering the ground floor, first floor, second floor and third floor. The degree project consists of several parts which gathers important and truthful information regarding connection and wireless networks, central focus of the research, since they allow to know based on design trends solutions for the FIC wireless network to reach all the points of it without manifesting within this dead spots where the wireless signal does not arrive, in addition to this information is collected of the current state of the physical infrastructure of the wireless network installed within the FIC, design from which it starts based on this, seek improvement without losing stability and performance of the network taking into account that it is considered obstacles of all kinds such as walls, walls, furniture that in one way or another affect the quality of wireless internet signal. The proposal is also made that details the solution to the problem found in the network at all levels physical, logical and volume Access Point AP or wireless devices such as routers or switches required by the Faculty for a future improvement in its wireless infrastructure.