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Using RF Measurements from an Ekahau Site Survey

9-2 Optimizing a Network Plan

Using RF Measurements from an Ekahau Site Survey

RFmeasurementscomefromasitesurveyfilegeneratedbytheEkahauSiteSurveytool.Choose

oneofthefollowingtoperformasitesurvey:

•InRASM—ViewyourRFcoveragearea.

•InRASM—Generateasitesurveyworkorder,specifyingtheareayouwanttosurvey.AJPEG

(.jpeg,.jpg)fileisgenerated.

•ImportthegeneratedJPEGfileintotheEkahauSiteSurveytool.

•Setthescaleofthe drawing.

•Performthesitesurvey.Walkthroughthearea,takingmeasurementswiththetool.

•SavetheRFmeasurementsintheEkahauSiteSurveytooltoafileincomma‐separatedvalues

(csv)format.

•InRASM—Importthe

csvfilecontainingtheRFmeasurementsintoRASM.

•InRASM—Optimizetocorrectattenuationfactors.

ThissectionguidesyouthroughthetasksyouneedtodoinRASM.Forinformationabouttasks

youneedtodointhe EkahauSiteSurveytool,pleaserefertotheESStool’sdocumentation.

Thesitesurvey

exampleinthissectionisbasedontheRFcoverageareathatfollows.For

informationaboutdisplayingRFcoverageareas,referto“DisplayingtheRFCoverageArea”on

page 9‐8.

Generating an Ekahau Site Survey Work Order

ThesitesurveyordercontainsthelocationsandMACaddressesoftheAPsforusewhen

conductingasitesurvey, andalsoprovidesaJPEGimageofthe floor.

Togenerateasitesurveyorder:

1. DisplaythefloorplanintheContentpanel.

2. IntheTaskListpanel,clickRFPlanning.

3. UnderSiteSurvey,clickReport.TheSiteSurveyOrderGenerationdialogisdisplayed.

4. Selectthescopeforwhichyouwantgenerateasitesurveyorder.YoucanspecifytheNetwork

Plan,anindividualsite,anindividualbuilding,oranindividualfloor.

5. Selectthelanguage:EnglishorGerman

6. Tochangetheoutput

directoryforthereport,clickonthebuttonnexttooutputdirectory,

navigatetothenewdirectory,andclickSelect.

7. ClickGenerate.

8. Whenthereportisgenerated,clickthelinkintheresultsareatoviewthereportinabrowser

window.