CECS 474 Computer Network Interoperability
Assignment 6
To be completed by Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
802.11 Wireless Networks – Part B
I. Preliminaries
Choose a team of 4-5 people with whom you will work on this assignment. List the members
of your team:
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II. Instructions
As a team, select one option from Section III and complete the tasks specified.
When you answer the questions:
1) Be sure to cite your reference sources.
2) Do not simply quote answers from your source, explain what the answer means.
In designing your experiments you may use the following equipment from the ECS 305 Lab:
1) 54g Wireless Desktop Network Card 802.11g (F5D7000), BELKIN COMPUTER
(Installed in each Dell Workstation.)
2) Wireless 802.11G Plus, MIMO Router, (F5D9230-4), BELKIN COMPUTER (This is the
router we used for Assignment 5.)
3) 802.11n Wireless Router, N1, (F5D8231-4), BELKIN COMPUTER
4) Three Wireless N1 USB Adapter, (F5D8051), BELKIN COMPUTER
5) Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11n), APPLE COMPUTER
6) Laptop computer with 802.11g card or 802.11N1 wireless adapter
7) Bluetooth USB Adaptors (two)
8) Numerous 802.11 Antennas (See the selection in Lab)
9) Handheld, portable GPS device.
The experiment that you design must include the following:
1) Statement of the objective(s) of the experiment.
2) Equipment to be used in the experiment.
3) Design of the experiment.
4) Data to be collected.
5) Conclusions expected.
Turn in only one copy of this assignment for your entire group.
Remember, in Assignment 7 you will be performing your experiment so make it practical.
Dr. Tracy Bradley Maples (Spring 2009)
