Otimização do desempenho de redes sem fio de pequeno porte: um estudo de caso baseado em redes domésticas e de pequenos negócios

Abstract

The use of wireless networks has become a common element in homes as well as in small businesses. Research shows the continued growth in the use of this network model. Allied to this, an increasing number of devices that use different types of wireless connection, such as video games, Smart TVs, Smartphones, have been emerging in recent years. With this scenario, greater possibilities of problems, such as increased channel density, interference and signal obstruction, compromising the quality of connections in wireless networks. Thus, managing a network, the same in equipment where its operation does not require greater complexity, it can become a complex activity. For this reason, this work aims to provide guidelines for configuring small wireless networks for home and small business use, in adverse situations for installation. We conducted two case studies, one on a home wireless network and one on a small business. Through diagnostics, using a monitoring application, we detected the problems and proposed solutions from minor adjustments to the access point settings of these networks. As a result, we observed that wireless networks, despite the existence of physical obstacles, are liable to be optimized, improving the stability and strength of the signals through the applied solutions.