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Optimize Your Wireless Network between Signal Strength and Speed
It might initially be a temptation to look at the Wi -Fi icon on your phone or the Aircheck feature in a laptop. These fast tests are comfortable: you are running around rooms, have the bars appear, and determine that your hot spot is good enough. That granularity level is in fact, in most situations, very distinctly not reflective of the signal environment
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The Importance of Professional Wi-Fi Survey
The fundamental procedure of a wireless network design, validation or optimization is a Wi-Fi Survey (wireless site survey or wifi survey). It is much more than signal bar checking, but it is a methodical and data-driven assessment of the Radio Frequency (RF) behavior of a particular area. The main objective is to measure the key parameters such as signal strength, Signal-Noise Ratio (SNR) and interference sources. A detailed analysis applies to every organization because when overlooked; it usually results in typical issues such as the loss of network connections, low speeds, coverage dead zones, and the excessive deployment of redundant equipment at high costs. A professional survey will guarantee that the wireless network is not only the size needed but also fulfill the performance requirements (e.g., use VoIP, high definition video or high density user environment).
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Types of Surveys of each Network Lifecycle
SM Technology applies various forms of surveys depending on the stage of the project. A Predictive Survey is an operation carried out prior to installing any equipment, which involves software modeling and floor plans to predict the AP placement and coverage, which is suitable in situations where new construction is required or major upgrades are to be made. In a Passive Survey, the physical site is walked using special equipment to listen to the RF that is present on the air, the signal levels, and noise without becoming part of the network, which is ideal in troubleshooting an existing coverage hole. Lastly, Active Survey is done by connecting to the network and monitoring the actual performance measures such as throughput and latency simulating the actual user experience to confirm that the network is working within its performance specifications after it is deployed.
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Data Collection to Heatmaps beings
The Wi-Fi Survey procedure will require systematic data gathering with the assistance of the industry-standard equipment, such as specific spectrum analyzers and special programs. The surveyor will walk around the area and record measurements in many points in order to map the propagation of radio waves in the physical environment considering the physical obstructions such as walls, metal racks and furniture. This unstructured information is then crunched to produce Heatmaps. The color-coded floor plans have made the signal strength very clear so that where the coverage is good (typically green) and where it is poor or absent (red), and where there is a high level of interference is also known. All optimization decisions are based upon these visual insights.
