Technical Field
This invention relates to wireless networks and specifically to a system and method for mapping wireless network coverage of an area such as a retail store.
State of the Art
Wireless networks are in common use in residential and commercial buildings and stores. Retails stores often use wireless networks to facilitate data collection by an employee. Employees are equipped with various forms of mobile computing devices to collect data such as bar code scans as they conduct their tasks. The data collected by employees is often wirelessly transmitted to a server, where the data can be stored and processed. Lack of an available wireless network can be an impediment to an employee completing tasks and the retail store getting work completed. Often, there are places in a retail store equipped with a wireless network where the wireless signal does not reach, or is blocked from reaching. These areas of little to no wireless network coverage can impede progress by an employee.
Accordingly, what is needed is a system for mapping wireless network coverage in a retail store, and a system and method providing for data collection by an employee even in areas with little to no wireless network coverage.