IEEE 802.11b Wireless Class Room Network Performance Evaluation

The advent of mobile computers and wireless networks enables the deployment of wireless servers and clients in short-lived ad hoc network environments, such as classroom area networks. This paper outlines wireless network infrastructure establishment in a classroom environment and provides experimental methodology and test site for an ad hoc IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN, using a wireless-enabled server, a set of wireless clients and a wireless network analyzer. The experimental focus is on the wireless network performance and throughput achievable in the wireless classroom area network environment.