Appendix A SG-WIP Application User Manual

A.1 Installation

A.1.1 System Requirements

Apache web server

PHP

MySQL Server

A.1.2 Database

The database is named “amiwmn”. There is a user account name “user_name” created for

accessing the Database from the Web application “SGWIP”. The “user_name” account

has been assigned enough permission to allow the Web application “SGWIP” access the

tables in the database.

A.1.3 Web Application SG-WIP

The web application SGWIP is installed on the Apache Web server.

For example the application was install on the local web server as the following Linux

Fedora file system: /usr/share/gmaps_php_codes/SGWIP3

Figure A. 1 SG-WIP installed on the Apache web server

A.2 GUI Operations

A.2.1 Open the main page

Use the following URL

http://192.168.1.9/googlemapsbook/NetTopology/SGWIP2/wan.html

Figure A. 2 Home page

A.2.2 Generate the Wide Area Network (WAN) for first times viewing

Click the menu item “New”

Wait for the GUI being generated and displayed on the Google maps (this process

may take many seconds to finish the job)

Click the menu item “WAN”

Figure A. 3 WAN topology includes twelve WiMAX Base Stations

Note: To return back to the WAN topology in the current path of the topology

exploration

A.2.3 Generate the Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) for first times

viewing

Click on the corresponding rectangle from the WAN topology GUI. A rectangle is a

Google Maps overlay object that represents for a network topology.

Wait for the network topology GUI being generated and displayed on the Google

Maps (this process may take many seconds to finish the job)

Click the menu item “MAN”

Figure A. 4 WMAN Topology includes WiMAX BS, and WiMAX/Wi-Fi Gateways.

Note: To return back to the MAN topology in the current path of the topology exploration

A.2.4 Generate the Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) for 1st times

viewing

Click on the corresponding rectangle from the MAN topology GUI. A rectangle is a

Google Maps overlay object that represents for a network topology.

Wait for the network topology GUI being generated and displayed on the Google

maps (this process may take many seconds to finish the job)

Figure A. 5 WNAN Topology includes WiMAX/Wi-Fi gateway, and Mesh routers/Access Points.

Click the menu item “NAN”

Note: To return back to the NAN topology in the current path of the topology

exploration

A.2.5 Generate the Local Area Network (LAN) for first times viewing

Click on the corresponding rectangle from the NAN topology GUI. A rectangle is a

Google Maps overlay object that represents for a network topology.

Wait for the network topology GUI being generated and displayed on the Google

maps (this process may take many seconds to finish the job)

Figure A. 6 WLAN Topology includes Wi-Fi Access Point, and Smart meters.

Click the menu item “LAN”

Note: To return back to the LAN topology in the current path of the topology

exploration

A.2.6 Change the antenna location of a network device such as WiMAX

BaseStation, WiMAX/WiFi Gateway, or AP/Mesh Router

Click the menu item “On-Change-Antenna-Loc”

Click the changed Antenna

Navigate to the destination network topology where there is an hanging object such as

street light poles, or the housing/building unit.

Click the target hanging object to select a new location for the antenna.