User Guide

The Alcatel RF Plan Tool 33

Type the following information in the text boxes.

Click on Save.

Click on Apply.

Notice that each time you click on the Apply button RF Plan automatically

moves to the next feature in the list. In this case RF Plan moves to the AP

Modeling Parameters page.

Model the Access Points

You will now determine how many access points are required to cover your

building with a specified data transfer rate and overlap.

In this example we will use the Coverage Model and make the following

assumptions about the performance of our Wireless LAN.

z Radio Types: a/b/g

z Overlap factor: Medium (150%)

z 802.11a desired rate: 48 Mbps

z 802.11b desired rate: 48 Mbps

Select “801.11 a|b|g” from the Radio Type pull-down box.

Select “Medium” from the Overlap Factor pull-down box.

Notice that the percentage show at the left of the pull-down box changes to

150%.

Select “48” from the 802.11 b|g Desired Rate pull-down box.

Select “48” from the 801.11 a Desired Rate pull-down box.

Notice that the number of required APs has changed to 5.

Text Box Information

z Building ID 1.1

z Building Name My Building

z Width 100

z Length 100

z Inter Floor Height 20

z Units Feet

z Floors 2