User Guide

The Alcatel RF Plan Tool 31
RF Plan Tutorial
This section will guide you through the process of creating a building and
populating it with access points and air monitors using RF Plan.
You can use the RF Plan portion of RF Director or you can use the stand-alone
Alcatel RF Plan product.
NOTE—If you haven’t yet installed RF Plan, you should do so now. See “Install-
ing RF Plan” on page 2.
To Launch RF Plan, select Start > All Programs > Alcatel Offline RF Plan >
Alcatel RF Plan.
Our Sample Building
We have filled in the planning table with the information we will use in this
tutorial.
Building Dimensions
Height: 100 Width: 100
Number of Floors: 2
User Information
Number of Users: Users per AP: N/A
Radio Types: a, b, g
Overlap Factor: Medium (150%)
AP Desired Rates
802.11b|g: 48 Mbps 802.11a: 48 Mbps
AM Desired Rates
802.11b|g: 24 802.11a: 24
Don’t Care/Deploy Areas
Shipping & Receiving = Don’t Care
Lobby = Don’t Deploy