3Com OfficeConnect WX1200, Reference Manual

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Defining Wireless Coverage Areas 115
Defining a Coverage
Area
Using the coverage area drawing tool, you can specify the coverage area
graphically on your floor plan.
You perform the following tasks to define a coverage area:
1 “Drawing a Coverage Area” on page 116
2 “Specifying the Wireless Technology for a Coverage Area” on page 118
3 “Specifying Coverage Area Properties” on page 119
4 “Specifying Floor Properties for the Coverage Area” on page 120
5 “Specifying Default Device Settings for the Coverage Area” on page 121
6 “Specifying Redundancy Computation for MAPs in the Coverage Area”
on page 122
7 “Configuring Capacity Calculation for Data” on page 124
8 “Configuring Capacity Calculation for Voice” on page 125
9 “Specifying Mobility Domain, Radio Profile, and Wiring Closet
Associations” on page 127
Shared Coverage Areas
3WXM supports the sharing of coverage areas if one area is completely
within a larger area. For example, you might want to provide 802.11a and
802.11b coverage in a conference room that is part of a larger coverage area
only providing 802.11a coverage. (Coverage areas that partially overlap are
not supported.) MAP access points are shared only in the overlapped area.
Figure 5 shows an example of shared coverage areas.
Figure 5 Supported Shared Coverage Areas Example
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Area 1
Area 2