Avaya WLAN 8100 Series Reference page 82

ACLI reference for Wireless LAN (WLAN) 8100
Configuring Wi-Fi Zoning — Job Aid
Use this procedure as a job aid to configure the Wi-Fi association zone and roaming zone
thresholds for APs in your wireless deployment.
Procedure
1. Plan the number of APs that need to be deployed in the Wi-Fi deployment zone.
2. Evenly distribute the APs in the Wi-Fi Association coverage zone. Ensure that the
3. Configure the Wi-Fi association zone threshold on an AP. Use the following tables
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This depends on the capacity requirement of your deployment.
Association Zones of neighboring APs (of each AP) overlap by about 30 to 40%.
as a guide to configure appropriate association zone and roaming zone thresholds
on the AP. The values are tabulated based on sample client distances from the
AP.
Table 1: Sample client RSSI values with respect to distance from the AP —
Operating frequency 5 GHz
The following sample values are based on an FCC domain AP (model AP 8120) operating
at 5.0 GHz and on channel 44. The values are sampled in a 90% empty office floor, for an
AP in a 10 feet high ceiling mount position.
Ekahau 802.11n USB
Distance (ft) SSI-Max
from AP (dBm)
5 -54
10 -58
15 -58
20 -59
30 -57
40 -60
50 -62
60 -64
70 -64
75 -65
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(40 MHz, MIMO)
SSI-AVG
(dBm)
-54
-58
-59
-64
-57
-60
-62
-65
-66
-66
IPAD-2
(20 MHz, SISO)
SSI-Max SSI-Avg
(dBm) (dBm)
-48 -52
-54 -54
-57 -58
-55 -56
-58 -58
-58 -58
-61 -61
-63 -64
-62 -63
-66 -66
August 2013