Voice over WLAN Mobile IP Touch Design Guide R2.0
8. Annex
8.1. Site Survey Tool
•The Site Survey Tool is a portable engineering tool for measuring and monitoring the air interface of
Wireless Local Area Networks (IEEE 802.11). This Tool helps to determine:
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The quantity of needed Access points
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The correct placement for these Access Points
Figure 23: Site Survey components
The Site Survey tool is mainly used by Alcatel-Lucent Professional Services and Business Partners. A site
Survey is required every time it is needed to perform a quotation for VoWLAN implementation. A VoIP
audit is also necessary. A WLAN Switch OA4304/08, OA4324 or OA6000 is needed to manage and feed 1, 2
or 3 APS (Chan 1 , 6 and 11 being configured in manual mode). WLAN adapter must be compliant with
Survey Soft
Figure 24: Survey Result
Here is a site survey result: Just compare the color to the scale: the light green area allows to get a
signal strength of –65dBm or better corresponding to a MIPT set operation with good voice quality.
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