Planning And Installing Wireless Lans; System Configurations - Alvarion BreezeNET PRO.11 Series User Manual

5. PLANNING AND INSTALLING WIRELESS
LANS
All products in the BreezeNET PRO.11 series are available in several models:
standard, D, and DE. The standard model is equipped with two integrated 2 dBi
omni-directional antennas and is suitable for indoor, short-to-medium range
installations. The D and DE models are equipped with two customized female
connectors for use with a range of external antennas.
This chapter describes various possible system configurations, lists points to
consider when performing indoor and outdoor installations, presents guidelines and
restrictions regarding external antenna installation, and also describes antennas that
are recommened to work with BreezeNET PRO.11 units.

5.1 System Configurations

This chapter describes various wireless LAN configurations, and how to set them
up:
Single Cell Configuration – The wireless LAN consists of an Access Point
and the wireless workstations associated with it.
Overlapping Cell Configuration – The wireless LAN consists of two or more
adjacent Access Points whose coverage slightly overlaps.
Multicell Configuration – The wireless LAN consists of several Access
Points installed in the same location. This creates a common coverage area that
increases aggregate throughput.
Multi-Hop Configuration – The wireless LAN contains AP-WB pairs that
extend the range of the wireless LAN.
Many wireless LANs contain several of these configurations at different points in
system. The Single Cell configuration is the most basic, and the other
configurations build upon it.
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Planning and Installing Wireless LANS

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