Infrastructure Requirements and Layout Planning
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3.3.1.1
Standard Environment
A traditional office environment with offices, hallways, and scattered cubicles.
Table 5: Standard Environment Installation Distances
Signal Propagation from VAP
56 feet (19 m)
Recommended Spacing between VAPs
112 feet (38 m)
Recommended Maximum distance of
VAPs from outer walls
56 feet (19 m)
Coverage area per VAP
9,900 sqft (920 sqm)
3.3.1.2
Open Environment
An environment with minimal obstacles (e.g. walls). This type of space can be a large
conference or meeting room, cubical areas, lobby, or atrium.
Table 6: Open Environment Installation Distances
Signal Propagation from VAP
64 feet (21 m)
Recommend spacing between VAPs
128 feet (42 m)
Recommended maximum distance of
VAPs from outer walls
64 feet (21 m)
Coverage area per VAP
12,750 sqft (1,185 sqm)
3.3.1.3
Dense Environment:
A dense environment consists of a relatively large amount of walls, offices, equipment, tall file
cabinets, bookshelves, and other items that could potentially impact the wireless signal.
Examples include dense offices, hospitals, and manufacturing spaces.
Table 7: Dense Environment Installation Distances
Signal Propagation from VAP
41 feet (13.5 m)
Recommended Spacing between VAPs
82 feet (27 m)
Recommended Maximum distance of
VAPs from outer walls
41 feet (13.5 m)
Coverage area per VAP
5,300 sqft (495 sqm)
3.3.1.4
Combination of Environments
In areas with a combination of environments, place VAPs on the border between the different
environment types, slightly closer to the denser area.
For example, in a cubical area with the outside wall having offices, simply locate the VAPs a little
closer
to the outside offices
to provide coverage through the office walls. (See VAPs 11 and 13 in
the floor plan map in section 3.4.3.). To ensure maximal coverage, VAPs can be re-located or
added. If a coverage gap is detected, the VAPs can be re-located until coverage gaps are filled.
