Wireless Signal Strength Analysis in a Home Network

Abstract

With the advert, invention of wireless fidelity commonly called as Wi-Fi in the field of communication and computer networks a new era or revolution has taken place. Many studies have been conducted on the Wi-Fi signal and their characteristics also methods to increase security and to establish a secure connection in a wireless network has been studied in great detail. Also in path research have been carried out to increase throughput, data transfer rate and Wi-Fi signal strength. In this paper the analysis of different Wireless Local Area Network [WLAN] surrounding the home network using different tools is done. Also an author created a map of area in an app called as heat mapper, specified Access points, after which the dead zones and range was analyzed. Also, Wi-Fi monitor and Wi-Fi analyzer was used to analyze the signal strength and plot time graph and give information about mac address, IP address, security used etc. Authors analyzed the downlink and uplink speed graph and different methods to increase or boost signal strength.