Axus Technologies’ Wi-Fi design process ensures businesses have reliable Wi-Fi connectivity.
Office buildings, healthcare facilities, and other commercial spaces need Wi-Fi to seamlessly and securely communicate and keep track of vital information. Past the days of hefty ethernet cables, professionals now depend on radio waves requiring expert tech designers to orchestrate. The Axus Wi-Fi design process enables industries of all kinds to achieve the best system through its goals and methods.
Critical Design Aspects
Axus Technologies is a commercial IT company located in Florida providing extensive services to companies across the country, and reliable Wi-Fi is by no means the least of the tech solutions they offer. The Axus Wi-Fi design process keeps several goals in mind to produce effective and affordable Wi-Fi designs.
The primary goal is to provide robust and reliable Wi-Fi connectivity to all required areas in the building. The signal reaches all applicable areas with a power level above the required value to guarantee optimum digital capacity.
The secondary goal is to avoid connection breaches and have smooth roaming by overlapping Wi-Fi Access Points (AP). Having coverage from at least 2 APs in each location allows users to move from one spot to another while maintaining strong Wi-Fi connectivity.
The third goal is to maintain adequate capacity to support the most demanding applications running on the Wi-Fi network and leave some airtime available for future growth. The 5GHz and the recently approved 6GHz bands are the best ones to support applications that need high capacity connections like 4K/8K video.
The fourth goal is to minimize interference. There should ideally be one AP radio, and there could be more than one radio in an AP per channel on the same Wi-Fi network. It is almost impossible to meet this goal using the 2.4 GHz band, where only three non-overlapping channels are available. Thus, Axus Wi-Fi engineers only use the 5GHz to meet this goal. There are up to 23 non-overlapping channels on this band.
The RF Design Process
In practice, the design process consists of three main steps: the requirements collection, the pre-installation design, and the validation.
During the requirements collection, Axus Wi-Fi engineers gather important information to create the foundation of a reliable Wi-Fi design. The report includes proportional and scaled blueprints, coverage areas, wall materials, client numbers and types, client density distribution, and critical applications for the business.
The pre-installation design or predictive survey creates a simulated model using the Ekahau Pro design tool to determine optimal AP locations, power and channel width, among other important parameters. There are situations where an AP on a stick survey is needed to validate AP locations in the field before their final installation. The integration with the wired network is another important consideration during the pre-installation design. Switch locations are determined to meet maximum performance on the wires that are backhauling the Wi-Fi network traffic.
After the installation, the Axus Wi-Fi engineer will validate the design to ensure that it works perfectly. The validation consists of performing an onsite Wi-Fi survey and comparing it with the predictive survey. Some minor adjustments can result after this step. In addition, roaming tests, spectrum analysis, RF tuning channel and power plans, and association and authentication tests are performed to simulate real-world scenarios. To get started on your commercial Wi-Fi solution, look no further than Axus Technologies!
Contact Axus Technologies for Your Commercial IT Needs
Axus Technologies, LLC (Axus) is a provider and integrator of first-class technology solutions for organizations of all sizes. We work with the best manufacturers and vendors in the IT industry to deliver top of the line results. We closely partner with our customers through all project cycles to ensure that our work exceeds expectations. Our main office is located in the Tampa Bay area, but we operate from coast to coast with a clientele footprint mainly concentrated in the Northeast, Midwest, and South. For more information about our technology services, call us today at 813-922-2323, fax us at 813-922-2325, or email us at info@axustechnologies.com. For helpful technology tips and company updates, find us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.