Planning And Managing Your Wireless Network With Wms; Which Services To Provide - Nortel 2350 User Manual

Planning and Managing Your
Wireless Network with WMS
Which Services to Provide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Network Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
RF Coverage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Equipment Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Management and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
RF Plan Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
This chapter contains information about planning and managing your wireless network with WMS. Planning your
wireless network is highly recommended because it not only helps you configure and deploy it, but also aids in scaling
and monitoring your network. Nortel provides you with flexible tools to assist with network planning.
Plan your wireless network to support the services you want to offer your employees, guests, or customers.
describes the process to establish services in your company or organization, beginning with determining the services you
want to offer. Each step in the process is described in this chapter.
Figure 1: Process to Establish Wireless Services
Determine which
START services to
provide

Which Services to Provide?

What is a service?: A service is a concept (not a selectable item in the WMS interface) that represents a set of
options you configure and deploy on your wireless network. You configure services to support the different levels of
network access you need to provide. For example, a service configured to support employee access will have different
Configure
services
Optimize
services
Nortel WLAN Management Software 2300 Series User Guide
Plan for network
equipment and
coverage
Monitor
services
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Figure 1
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order and install
equipment
Deploy
services