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LANNING AND
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3WXM
Use the RF Auto-Tuning with Modelling technique if you want to better
monitor your wireless network in terms of buildings, floors, or coverage
areas. You may only be able to locate inaccurate or incomplete building
and floor plans (perhaps only a JPEG file), but with even a bit more
geographic modelling of your site, you boost your ability to manage and
visualize your network.
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
Do I have adequate time to add
geographic modelling and RF
obstacle information? RF Auto-Tuning with
Modelling RF Auto-Tuning
Can I locate accurate building
and floor plans? RF Planning or
RF Auto-Tuning with
Modelling
RF Auto-Tuning with
Modelling
Do I need to plan for capacity of
users or quality of coverage
(traffic engineering concerns) for
certain users? RF Planning RF Auto-Tuning or RF
Auto-Tuning with
Modelling
Do I need to visualize coverage
accurately? RF Planning RF Auto-Tuning or RF
Auto-Tuning with
Modelling
Do I need to locate users? RF Planning or RF
Auto-Tuning with
Modelling RF Auto-Tuning
Do I need to locate rogue APs? RF Planning or RF
Auto-Tuning with
Modelling RF Auto-Tuning