Installing a robust and reliable wireless network begins with a good solid design. A poorly designed network will suffer from coverage holes, poor service areas, slow response, poor voice quality, dropped calls, and inadequate capacity. These challenges can be eliminated with an efficient design leveraging Bluesocket’s Wireless LANPlanner™ software. Leveraging patented technology from Wireless Valley, this powerful software application enables users to efficiently and effectively plan, track, display and document their wireless network infrastructure.

Take the Guesswork out of Wireless LAN Design
A variety of techniques have been employed for planning a wireless network, including a site survey, which typically involves deploying a team of engineers with specialized equipment, and taking measurements throughout the facility where the wireless system is proposed. Since this can be extremely disruptive, this process is typically performed after hours, often involves two or more engineers, access points, specialized RF measurement gear, and can require travel and expense costs to visit each site requiring the site survey. An alternative approach is to complete a computer based design, though in the past the products used to perform this function were primitive, unable to take into consideration the physical construction and RF attenuations of the environment, or what capacity was required, and often performed a very simplistic automated placement of access points based on the number of wireless users.

Bluesocket’s Wireless LANPlanner employs a predictive design approach which uniquely allows companies to consider the context of the environment and predict coverage and capacity before deploying any hardware resources. Wireless LANPlanner enables network planners to import a map of the facility, note the contents and construction materials, designate user regions and applications to be used and place equipment. The designer then interactively simulates how the wireless signals will propagate and fine-tunes the network design with “what if” analysis to determine optimum performance.

Leveraging Wireless Valley’s RF Expertise
Wireless Valley’s products are backed by a team of recognized RF industry leaders, with patented technology based on almost a decade of research. By using Bluesocket’s Wireless LANPlanner, you can deploy wireless access points and wireless sensor networks in the most complex environments and even design multi-band systems including IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless standards without being an expert in RF technology. Bluesocket’s Wireless LANPlanner minimizes design and deployment costs and includes the following features:

• Site-specific 3D models that visualize the physical location and configuration of all installed network equipment
• Automated placement and configuration of access points
• Highly accurate coverage and capacity predictions