Using a laptop and software, record WaveLAN (802.11b) strength and data rates in the CS and CEPSR offices, public areas and meeting rooms. Plot and recommend additional base stations to fill coverage holes. (WaveLAN provides a tool for recording field strength and SNR in a time-stamped file. You should develop a simple tool that allows you to, for example, click on a department GIF to record your location.) A yard-by-yard survey is not required, but if signal strength in a room is low, it is useful to walk around to see if there are dead corners. WaveLAN comes with a management application that can log signal strength to a file, with timestamps.
Using a mobile robot equipped with GPS and a WaveLAN wireless LAN module, collect signal-to-noise and throughput measurements on campus. Design and implement an algorithm of back-tracking to places where communications has higher speed.