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Cisco Aironet 1520, 1130, 1240 Series Wireless Mesh Access Points, Design and Deployment Guide, Release 6.0
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Site Preparation and Planning
The RAP shown in
is simply a starting point. The goal is to use the RAP location in
combination with RF antenna design to ensure that there is a good RF link to the MAPs within the core
of the cell. This means that the physical location of the RAP can be on the edge of the cell, and a
directional antenna is used to establish a link into the center of the cell. Therefore, the wired network
location of a RAP might play host to the RAPs of multiple cells, as shown in
.
Figure 29
PoP with Multiple RAPs
When the basic cell composition is settled, the cell can be replicated to cover a greater area. When
replicating the cells, a decision needs to be made whether to use the same backhaul channel on all cells
or to change backhaul channels with each cell. In the example shown in
, various backhaul
channels (B2, C2 and D2) per cell have been chosen to reduce the co-channel interference between cells.
Channel B2
Channel C2
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