Design Guide

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Cisco Aironet 1520, 1130, 1240 Series Wireless Mesh Access Points, Design and Deployment Guide, Release 6.0
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Site Preparation and Planning
Figure 27 Cell Radius of 600 Feet and Access Point Placement for Non-Voice Mesh Networks
Figure 28 Path Loss Exponent 2.5 to 3.0
Figure 29 shows a schematic of the wireless mesh layout.
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One square mile, 25 cells
600 feet
(typical distance)
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Path Loss exponent 2.5 to 3.0
802.11g 2.4GHz coverage
1200
1000
800
600
400
0
Distance (feet)
d(PL, 2.5, 2.45
.
10
9
)
d(PL, 2.7, 2.45
.
10
9
)
d(PL, 3.0, 2.45
.
10
9
)
100
105 110
115
120 125
130
PL
Pathloss/Link Budget dB)
Link Budget Window
109~115 dB
200