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Wireless LAN Design Guide for High Density
Client Environments in Higher Education
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Design Point #1: Establish and Validate a Per-Connection Bandwidth Requirement 6
Design Point #2: Calculate the Aggregate Throughput Required for the Coverage Area 7
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Design Point #3: Choose a High Minimum Data Rate to Support Increased Eciency, 14
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Design point #4: 5 GHz Support will be Critical for High Density,
so Determine the Channel Plan that you will Support and How it will be Administered 
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Design Point #5: Account for and Manage all Energy within the Operating Spectrum to Ensure all of it is Available for Use 
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