Physical Site Surveys
Physical site surveys examine the physical environment of the building, tower, or other location where you want to place either a point-to-multipoint access point or a point-to-point end node. The physical site survey helps you accomplish the following tasks:
Verify that the locations where you want to place your wireless nodes will actually allow you to place wireless equipment there.
Determine the best location inside the building or inside the tower equipment vault to place the wireless equipment.
Verify that your postulated LOS paths actually exist.
Determine where and how to mount your antenna systems to make successful use of the LOS paths.
Determine how to design and route the cabling to the antenna system.
Determine how ...
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