Chapter 16. Site Survey Systems and Devices

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:

  • Site survey defined

    • Mandatory spectrum analysis

    • Mandatory coverage analysis

    • AP placement and configuration

    • Optional application analysis

  • Site survey tools

    • Indoor site survey tools

    • Outdoor site survey tools

  • Coverage analysis

    • Manual

    • Assisted

    • Predictive

    • Self-organizing wireless LANs

Site Survey Systems and Devices

In this chapter, we discuss how to perform a site survey, the types of site surveys, and the tools that can be used during a site survey. Site survey professionals often have their own unique technical approach for executing a site survey. We like to think of it as almost an art form, and ...

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