Measured and simulation performance of a wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b / Shahrina Shaharin

Wireless technology is the method of delivering data from one point to another without using physical wires, and includes radio, cellular, infrared, and satellite. Wireless LANs offers more than just flexibility and mobility, the benefits of wireless networking is unquestionable. Implementing wireless network gains in process efficiency, accuracy and lower business costs. In this project report, the main discussion focused on deployment of infrastructure basic service set of the wireless LAN architecture. Networking in experimented in two methods. Virtual networking is done through modeling in a Virtual Network Environment (VNE) called OPNET Modeler. In actual deployment approach Access Points (APs) are set up by the user themselves. This project report introduces WLAN architecture and layers in general towards understanding how and what determines the performance of the most deployed standard today IEEE 802.11.