The following is a pretty good read on the considerations when designing wireless with challenges like high device count, throughput and the different device type. A cisco document it may be, but it's not all about their products and at least the first half or around that is about the challenges and technology.
http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/docs/education/cisco_wlan_design_guide.pdf -- Jason Cook Technology Services The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Walczak Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012 9:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11N Design Ekahau has a built in selection of client adapters that simulate end user results - you can select various laptop, IPphones, etc. Still waiting for an ipad/droid selection. You can manually reduce client power to customize. As user densities increase - shift your process to creation of small cells at low power to reduce the number of active (shared) associations per AP. I survey at 25 mW for 5.8G and 12.5 mW for 2.4G. This is the same strategy used by cellular carriers and DAS systems. -- Ron Walczak PMP, RCDD, CWNA/CWSP Walczak Technology Consultants, Inc (724) 865-2740 "Worry looks around; sorry looks back; faith looks up; virtue looks forward" - Unknown "Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer "The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." - Herbert Spencer Anyone can count the seeds in an apple; but only God can count the apples in a seed. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
