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Site Survey & Planning
Definition
A site survey is a task-by-task process by which the surveyor discovers
the RF behavior, coverage, interference, and determines proper hardware
placement in a facility. The site survey's primary objective is to ensure
that mobile workers and the wireless LAN's clients experience
continuously strong RF signal as they move around the facility.
Items
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Facilities Analysis
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Existing Networks
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Area Usage & Towers
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Purpose & Business Requirements
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Bandwidth & Roaming Requirements
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Available Resources
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Security Requirements
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Preparation Exercises
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Preparation Checklist
Site Survey Equipment
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Corporate service unit(CSU) with POE Injector
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Laptop and/or PDA
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Wireless PC card with driver & utility software
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Battery pack charger & DC-to AC converter
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Site survey utility software (loaded on laptop or PDA)
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Clipboard, pen, pencils, notebook paper, grid paper, & highlighter
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Blueprints & network diagrams
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Outdoor antennas(Omni-directional, Patch, Bi-directional)
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Cables & connectors
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Specialized software or hardware such as a spectrum analyzer
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Digital camera for taking pictures of particular locations within a
facility
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Variable attenuator
WLAN Cable Access Point 6220
NTPM99CA Rel 1.0 Issue 1 Oct. 2004
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