Week1

Ivan Pedraza

NETW310, Lori Farr

Current Date

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?

Pattern One is considers the nise floor.

2. What is the approximate signal level of the noise floor?

The singnal level would be around -90 dBm.

3. Of the 11 channels being displayed which ones have the lowest noise floor?

From all the other Channels 9 seems to be the lowest floor.

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

Yes Pattren 2 does show a unlicensed frequency

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

This is a 2.4GHz signal

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

Yes it is a unlicensed signal range

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

It is a 900 MHz signal

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?

It shows up as a co-channel interference

9. On what channel has this interference appeared on?

It shows up on channel 6

10. Is this interference weaker than, the same, or stronger than the signal that was there before it appeared?

The interference is stronger than the newer signal