48 CHAPTER 2: PLANNING AND MANAGING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK WITH 3WXM
RF Plan Optimization
What is optimization?: Importing RF measurement data into an RF model
to improve the accuracy of the model.
Purpose of this section: Provides an overview of optimization methods.
Why is this important?: A network plan contains the configuration settings
that determine the performance of your wireless network. Optimization
of the RF model leads to a more successful RF plan. The ultimate result is
an accurate visualization of your RF coverage, better-defined statistics for
monitoring, and the ability to more accurately plan for and improve
network performance.
You can optimize your network based on user and network statistics
gathered from:
The monitoring data in 3WXM
A site survey
Client Errors Provides data on client-related health in the
network over time; for example, if there is a
large number of association failures in some
area of the network.
Watch List Clients Contains detailed information for the clients
on the Watch List.
Network Usage Provides information about network resource
usage and client activity.
RF Summary Provides information about overall network
health using selected radio statistics. It can be
used to compare RF environments across the
network and isolate potential problem areas.
Radio Details Provides a detailed set of statistical
information for each radio in the selected
MAP.
Rogue Details Provides current and historical information
for a selected rogue.
Rogue Summary Provides information for all visible rogues for
a selected time.
Tabl e 8 3WXM Reports (continued)
Report Description