Wi-Fi Access Point’s Analysis in Electrical Engineering Department, Padang State University

Abstract

UNP has facilitated an internet wifi network to support the needs of campus citizen including the electrical engineering department which is connected through several hotspots. However, the network signal strength is unstable and uneven to serve all community members. In some places, the level signal captured by end device is very weak. This certainly affects the internet access speed used by the user. So, it’s necessary to plan the needs of the access point (AP) device both in terms of coverage and capacity. We need to estimate users & the area model. The propagation used is COST 231 multiwall which is used to describe characteristics that have many barriers. By using 2.4GHz frequency and predetermined parameters, to cover all blocks of electrical engineering, in term of coverage quite needed 1 AP but in term of the capacity, it’s needed 6 AP, with the RSL value below Receiver threshold.