Effects of Signal Amplification on Data

Throughput

Dan Werntz - Hanh Tran - Thomas Youngs

Test Locations

Preventing Interference

Equipment: Access Point

Equipment: Client

Data

Site 1 - 273 ft

Site 2 - 530 ft

Site 3 - 1065 ft

Site 4 - 1765 ft

Site 5 - 1743 ft (nonLO

S)

Site 6 - 2756 ft

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Unam

plified - Mbps

Unam

plifed - SNR

100mW

- Mbps

100 mW

- SNR

200mW

- Mbps

200 mW

- SNR

500mW

- Mbps

500 mW

- SNR

T

HRU

PU

T

SITES AMPLIFICATION

S

NR

Test Site One

Throughput (Mbps) Amplification Level (mW)

15.6 None

13.1 100

14.5 200

14.8 500

Test Site Two SNR

Throughput (Mbps)

Amplification Level (mW)

27 13.8 None

32 13.8 100

16 14.2 200

48 17.6 500

Test Site Three

SNRThroughput

(Mbps)Amplification Level (mW)

20 2.09 None

17 0.378 100

25 1.14 200

30 4.33 500

Test Site Four

SNRThroughput

(Mbps)Amplification Level (mW)

25 7.64 None

17 1.18 100

20 6.21 200

18 5.2 500

Test Site FiveSNR

Throughput (Mbps)

Amplification Level (mW)

20 5.76 None

14 0.335 100

12 0.653 200

21 0.455 500

Test Site Six

SNRThroughput

(Mbps)Amplification Level (mW)

20 6.53 None

14 6.91 100

12 4 200

17 10.1 500

Test Locations