I suggest doing an ac site survey on a sample building with the radios in their existing locations. Then, do a survey in the same building with your proposed locations.
Make sure your data shows how far the ac data rates propagate. Doing the survey on a UNI-1 channel is best imo. I did something similar. I surveyed the existing APs for a floor of a building, then did a survey by following the RF. The difference is huge when you look at channel overlap and dead/dregraded areas. The consistency of data rates is what we focused on. -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Julian Y Koh Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLAN design presentation tips? On Tue Oct 21 2014 12:47:02 CDT, "Williams, Matthew" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’ve just started here at Kent State and I’m facing an uphill battle > regarding updating our WLAN design. All APs are deployed in the hallways and > we’re rolling out 802.11ac. We’d like to move the APs into the rooms, but > the mere suggestion has been met with resistance. I was just wondering if > any of you had any tips or suggestions for trying presenting the new model to > upper management. Thanks for any suggestions that you might share! We did a demo building to show how it improved coverage and capacity. Then the powers that be were sold on the design. -- Julian Y. Koh Acting Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) 2001 Sheridan Road #G-166 Evanston, IL 60208 847-467-5780 NUIT Web Site: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.it.northwestern.edu/&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=eHsexY0U6WY24UhDK4eLQbvXOPzMySRoCq87DX3WV5M%3D%0A&m=TUiP3oi%2FzNLAPbQ5GleswRPDTvVM8WlPi%2FhWzeMk7l0%3D%0A&s=86f955df884489dd80093c5fa5563484772bd25d825ab1a5d92a39c24e5ab9e6> PGP Public Key:<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=eHsexY0U6WY24UhDK4eLQbvXOPzMySRoCq87DX3WV5M%3D%0A&m=TUiP3oi%2FzNLAPbQ5GleswRPDTvVM8WlPi%2FhWzeMk7l0%3D%0A&s=69729a5cdf3e2e7f8ba725caf538cefeb9982d16ea19b8de70aaafe4094ad9f0>
