Installation guide

Wi-Fi Location-Based Services—Design and Deployment Considerations

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Deployment Best Practices

Figure 36 Planning Tool Output for Location, Voice, and Data

Determining Location Readiness

Release 4.0 of WCS introduces a new feature known as Inspect Location Readiness that allows the

network designer to perform a predictive analysis of the positioning performance expected for a

particular floor access point layout. Inspect Location Readiness takes into consideration the placement

of each access point along with the inter-access point spacing that is shown on floor maps to predict

whether estimated device location will be within 10 meters or better in 90 percent of all cases. The output

of the location readiness inspection is a graphical representation of the boundaries of 10 m/90 percent

accuracy.

Note that unlike the planning tool described earlier, the location readiness tool assumes that access

points and controllers are known to WCS and have been defined on the WCS floor maps using Monitor

> Maps > Position APs. Because the location readiness inspection is based on access point placement

and the inter-access point distances shown on the floor maps, accurate map placement of access points

is very highly recommended.

After access point placement has been performed, select the floor map that you wish to inspect and then

choose Inspect Location Readiness from upper right-hand dropdown command menu. Figure 37 shows

a ideal completed location readiness inspection. Here you see the entire floor is highlighted green, which

indicates that the entire floor is predicted to perform at the 10 m/90 percent level or better.