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3. RF Planning

This chapter includes the following sections:

• RF Planning Overview

• Define and Edit Buildings and Floors

• Specify Access Point Requirements

• View and Manage Heat Maps for Deployed Plans

RF Planning Overview

You can do the following with RF planning:

• Define WLAN coverage.

• Estimate the number of access points required based on signal quality and number of

clients per access point.

• Optimize the placement of access points for the best coverage.

• Monitor WLAN coverage, rogue access points, and blacklisted clients for a plan that is in

deployment.

• Identify weak signal spots and dead spots from the coverage hole and add additional

access points to mitigate the situation.

RF planning provides a view of each floor, allowing you to specify how WiFi coverage should

be provided. It then provides coverage maps and access point placement locations.

Real-time calibration lets you visualize the indoor propagation of RF signals to identify areas

with weak signal or dead spots and add additional access points in the right location to

mitigate the weak signal or dead spots.

Planning Requirements

Collect the following information before using RF planning to expedite your planning efforts.

• Building dimensions.

• Number of floors.

• Distance between floors.

• Total number of users and number of users per access point.

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Netgear WC7600 User Manual Page 41