3Com OfficeConnect WX1200, Reference Manual

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PTIMIZING A
N
ETWORK
P
LAN
After you deploy a network plan to the 3Com equipment in your live
network, you can optimize the plan based on RF information from the
network. The RF information can be from a site survey or from MAP
radios.
„
Site survey—RF measurements come from a site survey file generated
by the Ekahau Site Survey™ tool. Save the file in comma-separated
values (csv) format and import the file into 3WXM.
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MAP radios—RF measurements come from the MAPs in the network.
Optimizing your network plan improves the accuracy of the model and
provides more precise results when you visualize wireless coverage, locate
users and rogue devices, and so on. You also can use optimization to find
and fill coverage holes.
Importing RF
Measurements
To import RF measurements, you need to import the measurements from
MAP radio in the network, from a site survey file, or both. Then, update
the RF obstacle data.
Importing the
Measurements
To import the measurements:
1 Select the RF Planning option in the main 3WXM tool bar.
2 Display the floor plan in the Content panel.
3 In the Task List panel, click RF Planning .
4 Under Site Survey, click Import Measurement . The Import RF
Measurements wizard is displayed.