32CHAPTER 2: PLANNING AND MANAGING YOUR WIRELESS NETWORK WITH 3WXM
Use the RF
Use RF Planning when you want to use all the tools provided in 3WXM to deploy, manage, and monitor your network. You likely have multiple constituencies of users you need to consider; for example, sets of users that are mobile and wireless that have specific throughput and bandwidth needs. One group of users may be mobile and require high throughput performance (a higher bandwidth), while another group of users are more stationary and require less throughput. Additionally, you may be planning for future capacity, and need to add as much detailed information as you can about your site in order to plan for the future.
See Table 7 for some guidelines to help you determine what planning technique is right for your organization.
Table 7 Planning Techniques to Use
Concern | If yes, use | If No, use |
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Do I have adequate time to add | RF | RF |
geographic modelling and RF | Modelling |
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obstacle information? |
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Can I locate accurate building | RF Planning or | RF |
and floor plans? | RF | Modelling |
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| Modelling |
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Do I need to plan for capacity of RF Planning users or quality of coverage
(traffic engineering concerns) for certain users?
RF
Do I need to visualize coverage | RF Planning | RF |
accurately? |
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| Modelling |
Do I need to locate users?
RF Planning or RF | RF |
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Modelling |
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Do I need to locate rogue APs? RF Planning or RF | RF |
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Modelling |
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