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Portable computing device and associated method for analyzing a wireless local area network

  • US 20030157895A1
  • Filed: 09/17/2002
  • Published: 08/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for analyzing a wireless local area network, comprising:

  • a portable wireless local area network analysis device, the portable wireless network analysis device comprising;

    a wireless network interface that communicatively couples the portable wireless network analysis device to the wireless local area network and receives data flowing on the wireless local area network;

    a network traffic analyzer, communicatively coupled to the wireless network interface, that receives the data and performs an analysis of the data received from the wireless local area network;

    the portable wireless network analysis device capable of collecting information selected from the group consisting of source addresses, destination addresses, dropped packets, packet types, and packet sizes;

    the portable wireless network analysis device further capable of collating statistics selected from the group consisting of packet totals, distribution of packet sizes, numbers of broadcasts, numbers of multicasts, numbers of errors of varying types, channel use statistics, utilization statistics, and packet rate statistics;

    the portable wireless network analysis device further capable of decoding the data;

    the portable wireless network analysis device further capable of detecting noise associated with the receipt of the data; and

    the portable wireless network analysis device further capable of detecting a power level associated with the receipt of the data.

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