5/26/05 Adding Cisco 1000 Series Lightweight Access Points to Floor Plan and Open
Area Maps
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•When you have imported a .FPE and a .PNG, .JPG, or .GIF format Coverage Area map, click
Save to store the Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access point locations and orientations, and
have Cisco WCS compute the second-order RF prediction (or “Heat Map”) for the Coverage
Area.
•Repeat this section to assign Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points to the remaining floor
plan maps.
You have added Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points to floor plan maps. Continue with Using the
Cisco Wireless Control System.
Note: In the following example, AP1 is set to 0 degrees, and AP2 and AP3 are set to
90 degrees, so the three Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points provide
maximum coverage for the right wing of the building.
Note: Also note that in the following example, each Cisco 1000 Series lightweight
access point covers a much smaller area, because of the wall attenuation factored in
by the RF Prediction algorithm.
Note: These two displays are popularly known as “heat maps”, because they show
the relative intensity of the RF signals on the Coverage Area map.
Note: MAKE SURE you have the correct Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access point in
each location on the map with the correct antenna angle. This will become critical
later on when you are Finding Coverage Holes and Detecting and Locating Rogue
Access Points.