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<p>Recently, the need to leverage technologies for better utilizing valuable personnel resources has become more important. Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have been shown to be an enabling technology that allows companies in commercial industry to become more productive. Research has been conducted at the Naval Postgraduate School to determine how this technology can be utilized to help the Navy perform shipboard operations more efficiently. Continuing the work of previous theses at NPS, the objective of this thesis is threefold. First, WLAN standards are examined. Second, laboratory tests are conducted to determine the performance of WLANs in which access points are configured as radio repeaters. Finally, a web-based application is developed for shipboard gage calibrations. The application automates major portion of gage calibration process by allowing technicians to submit and to view the calibration results using a web browser through wired or wireless LANs. Testing results show that the access points from certain vendors are able to operate as radio repeaters and still provide adequate performance. Repeater functionality is not specified in IEEE 801.11 standards, and its implementation is vendor specific. Demonstration of the web-based gage calibration application shows that it is effective in improving calibration efficiency.
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Ly, Tung T.</div>
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