Carrier Wi-Fi Services
Wi-Fi Deployment Guidelines (Enterprise, In-Home and Public)
PROJECT LEADERS
Vladan Jevremovic & Tirtho Deb
Malcolm Smith
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Project information
Nowadays, Wi-Fi deployments face several challenges that benefit from a collaborative industry effort to create a new level of efficiency, performance and reduced time-to-market. Given the inconsistencies in deployment methods and resulting differences in meeting end-user expectations, an industry-wide set of deployment guidelines will help ensure more a standardized approach in effectively deploying Wi-Fi networks, across industry verticals.
This project defines an industry standardized approach encompassing different deployments phases across different types of environments:
1 Pre-installation guidelines
2 Design
3 Installation and testing
4 Configuration and operation
Outcomes / Target Audience
The Wi-Fi Deployment Guideline Series help operators & technology players to make the best decisions when deploying their networks. The Guidelines and the Checklists cover a collection of baseline standards that encompass the lifecycle deployment phases including: Planning Guidelines, Site Survey, Radio Spectrum Analysis, Wi-Fi Network Implementation, and Configuration and Operation to targeted vertical market.
This umbrella forms the basis of the Wi-Fi Deployment Guidelines Series that the WBA will extend to key industry verticals and applications. The focus areas making up the series in 2018 include: In-Flight Connectivity, In-Home Wi-Fi, Enterprise Wi-Fi, Venue/Stadium Wi-Fi, City Wi-Fi, and Hospitality Wi-Fi.
Keywords
Wi-Fi Deployment, Installation, Design, Testing, RF management, Configuration
Business objectives
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Harmonize Wi-Fi networks for best practice deployment addressing multiple verticals
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Give more confidence to service providers to deploy Wi-Fi networks
MAIN AREAS COVERED
- Wi-Fi Deployment Baseline:
1. Pre-installation guidelines (Site survey, Radio spectrum analysis)
2. Design (Design objectives & KPI targets, Wi-Fi network design)
3. Installation and testing (Channel management, Performance considerations)
4. Configuration and operation
- Leverage different industry perspectives coming from selected sectors:
– Enterprise wireless
– Airplane case (In-flight)
– Fixed Wireless Access (Point to point links)
– City wide case
– Ground transportation
Services perspective – how this implicates the installation and testing (e.g. LBS, new HD video)
WBA RELATED WORK
Available for download from the Resource Centre
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