Site Surveys
A site survey is used to determine how RF radiation will behave within a facility, taking into account the coverage, interference, and gaps based on antenna placement and power considerations. The process of carrying out a site survey can vary greatly in its complexity, from the deployment of a single access point in a SOHO to a large enterprise covering many buildings and floors. In the enterprise case, site surveys are critical, complex, and time-consuming. The importance of carrying out a site survey, even for the simplest of implementations, cannot be stressed enough.
A site survey should not just be an exercise in RF coverage. Capacity planning must also occur when you consider denser areas of population that will require higher ...
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