Netw 310 Week 1 Lab

Marquis

NETW310, Professor’s Name

Current Date 5-10-2014

Lab #1, Examine the Physical Layer

Lab Report

Each answer is worth seven points.

Use a red colored font for you answers.

Place the answers below the questions.

1. There are three patterns outlined on the screen which one of these is identifying the noise floor? - The pattern 1 shows the noise on the floor

2. What is the approximate signal level of the noise floor? - 2.4ghz band noise floor is -95db and 5ghz and the band noise floor is -100 db

3. Of the 11 channels being displayed which ones have the lowest noise floor? - 8 through 11 have the lowest and channel 11 because its on the right of the screen

4. Inside the circle marked as Pattern 2 is this a signal from one of the three unlicensed fequency ranges? - it is part of the 3 unlicensed frequency ranges.

5. If it is, what type of signal is this, 900 MHz, 2.4GHz, or 5 GHz? - 2.4ghz

6. Inside the circle marked as Pattern 3 is this a signal from one of the three unlicensed signal ranges? - its an unlicensed signal range

7. If it is, what type of signal is this, 900 MHz, 2.4GHz, or 5 GHz? - 900mhz

8. In the area marked as Pattern 4 some interference has appeared. What type of interference is this, such as all-channel, co-channel, adjacent-channel? - adjacent - channel

9. On what channel has this interference appeared on? on channel 4 and 5

10. Is this interference weaker than, the same, or stronger than the signal that was there before it appeared? - signal was higher between the channels 4 and 5 but stronger than 6, and thats where you can see the interference