SAMOA FAASALELEAGA WIRELESS MESH NETWORK – ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT INFRASTRUCTURES

<strong><em>ABSTRACT</em></strong> <strong><em>While access to the internet is already available mainly in the commercial area of the District of Faasaleleaga, a wireless mesh network (WMN) infrastructure is up for consideration. This paper produces a solution for a WMN (or Wireless Local Area Network/Wireless Fidelity (WLAN/WiFi) architecture design and deployment infrastructure for the district of Faasaleleaga which is located in the Island of Savaii Western Samoa in the South Pacific. Since this will be a novel initiative for the country, this paper supports the Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers (IEEE 802.11) standards’ mixed mode technologies and applications for the Faasaleleaga community WMN system. The success of this project relies heavily on previous work of researchers and writers in the field as well as similar real case scenarios. A survey of the coverage area was conducted using the Google 3D map in coordination with information from the Wikipedia website .The paper examines multiple medium and the potentials of the IEEE.11 a/b/g/n and how they can be used appropriately to address current needs of a developing community. While off the shelf products may be easily accessible by most people, these standards are also incorporated and integrated into commercial mesh technologies of trustworthy proprietors. A minor concern involves finding someone to administrate the network. The audience of this paper include government policy makers and WMN administrators and management. </em></strong>