Wireless Access Point Placement Design Support Tool for Small- and Medium-sized Offices
Yasuhiro Niikura, Akira Suzuki, Toshimitsu Izumi, Masato Muramatsu, Yasushi Hanakago · NTT technical review · 2015
We have developed a tool that enables the simple design and construction of a wireless local area network (LAN) for small-and medium-sized offices of smaller enterprises.The tool has a function to simulate wireless propagation based on the configuration of the office floor, as well as a function to automatically calculate output strengths and channels from the environment deduced by signals from adjacent wireless access points.This makes it possible for people who are not wireless LAN experts to carry out the design and construction work.This is expected to shorten the work process from 2 hours to 3 hours compared with the previous design and construction process.Keywords: wireless access point, wireless LAN design and construction, output strengths and channels * Site survey: A test in which wireless APs are brought into the office or other location and installed provisionally.Measurements are then done to check whether or not radio waves are arriving within the area.It involves large loads in terms of personnel and time.