Wireless LAN Planning/Design (AirMagnet Planner)

Complex WLAN modeling

Before network deployment, AirMagnet Planner allows you to easily create detailed models of any wireless environment. Simply load the location map and use the built-in libraries of walls, doors, and windows to accurately match the features of the building. It is also possible to customize the environment to illustrate the situation of obstacles in rooms, offices, elevators, and various warehouse environments. All environmental settings can be customized, and materials can be customized from a subtle perspective to meet the technical requirements of users.

The AirMagnet Planner enables users to have control over the proposed wireless infrastructure. Users can add access points at any location and in any experiment to find better access point locations according to their requirements. The AirMagnet Planner also provides control over all access point settings, including independent settings for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios. Users can set the access point channel, IP address, transmission power, antenna type, direction, height, and 802.11n technical specifications. After the planning is completed, users can generate a professional bill of materials report using all the information required for the correct installation of the network, including a list of required access points and ideal locations and configuration requirements for the access points. In addition to RF coverage information, users can also grasp performance indicators such as data rate and throughput.

AirMagnet Planner also provides a 'suggestion function' that automatically places access points on the site plan. Users can set the desired minimum signal coverage range, transmission power, access point medium type, etc., and mark the Wi Fi coverage area and areas where access points cannot be placed.

802.11n modeling

The AirMagnet Planner WLAN industry includes solutions for all aspects required for successful deployment of 802.11n. Migration, performance prediction, and validation. Users can design new 802.11n networks or design migration strategies for existing traditional networks, including one-on-one replacement or phased introduction of 802.11n devices into traditional networks. Users can achieve greater performance by deploying 802.11n without actually displaying any access points, and can obtain coverage maps of WLAN throughput and other 802.11n coverage maps, such as operation mode, MCS transmission rate, and channel width, to predict WLAN performance at each location. Because AirMagnet Planner is a seamlessly integrated application with AirMagnet Survey Pro, users can verify the modeling results of 802.11n by comparing them with actual deployment survey results.

Custom antenna design

The AirMagnet Planner includes 250 popular antenna modes required for custom access points on the market, including Cisco、Aruba、Ruckus Wireless、Meru Networks、HP、Symbol、3Com、Bluesocket、Motorola、D-Link Systems The AirMagnet Planner also includes a built-in tool for users to create custom antenna patterns, allowing them to replicate almost any existing antenna's features.

Integrate with WLAN infrastructure providers

Users can create planning projects and export them directly to Cisco WCS. This greatly saves users time and personnel required for setting up maps, placing access points, and other WLAN deployment modeling activities, without the need to repeat these operations on Cisco WCS. This greatly improves the operational efficiency of AirMagnet and Cisco WCS users, eliminating the need for them to repeat wireless planning and on-site survey tasks related to WLAN network deployment and ongoing management.