WiFi Site Survey
The Wi-Fi Site Survey is a crucial step to validate and optimize the performance of any wireless network. Based on detailed measurements, it is possible to identify interferences, areas of weak coverage, and incorrect configurations, allowing for the implementation of solutions that improve the network’s performance, stability, and reliability.
Why Wi-Fi?
Currently, a high-performance Wi-Fi network is much more than a convenience, it constitutes the foundation of modern connectivity.
Currently, a high-performance Wi-Fi network is much more than a convenience; it constitutes the foundation of modern connectivity. In a world where remote work, digital communication, and cloud services are part of everyday life, a reliable and well-designed wireless infrastructure is essential to ensure operational continuity, team efficiency, and user experience. Having a stable and efficient network is no longer a luxury; it is an indispensable condition for success in an increasingly digital and interconnected world.
Main benefits of conducting a Wi-Fi Site Survey
Main benefits of conducting a Wi-Fi Site Survey
Conducting a Wi-Fi Site Survey allows for a rigorous technical analysis of the wireless network’s performance, accompanied by a report with conclusions and recommendations aimed at the immediate optimization of the infrastructure. The main objective is to ensure a stable Wi-Fi network, with high performance and appropriately sized to meet the operational needs of the space.
The report includes:
- Analysis of the causes that affect the performance, capacity, and reliability of the network;
- Recommendations for configuration adjustments, equipment repositioning, and planning for future expansions.
With this assessment, it is possible:
- Increase the efficiency and stability of the network;
- Reduce costs associated with corrective interventions;
- Maximize the return on investment and extend the lifespan of the wireless infrastructure.
Site Survey is a survey of the environment where is or will be installed a wireless network, that can be called RF site survey or site Survey wireless.
The main goal of a Site Survey is the planning process of a wireless network, to provide a wireless solution with the best coverage, the best data transfer rate, the greatest network capacity, roaming and the best possible quality and service capacity (QoS) and allowed by your environment.
To build a professional wireless site survey is essential to correctly implement a WiFi network, with high availability, to identify and tackle any problems found and, in the long term, it means functional and economical added value for your business.
It implies a visit to the place in order to perform tests and determine the presence of interferences and identify ideal places to instal access points. It requires an analysis of the environment, the blueprint, visual inspection of the installation and usage of RF frequency survey tools.
Problem-solving in wireless networks by wireless site survey
Types of Wireless site survey
The correct analysis and identification of the wireless network design implies knowledge of the four different types of wireless site survey that address the concerns with WiFi:
Predictive
With a predictive WiFi site survey, we use a tool to create a model based on the local environment and blueprint. A predictive site survey tends to be very economic, apart from being highly accurate to begin a WiFi network project.
Passive (on site)
Passive site survey is normally used to detect failures and interferences on a WiFi network. In this site survey, a professional application that allows to passively listen to the traffic in your WiFi network is used, which specifically searches for problems with access points, signal strength and environmental noise. A passive site survey also confirms coverage projection, performed in a predictive site survey, and also confirms whether the WiFi coverage is working at the level it was projected for, in the end of a project installation.
Active (on site)
An active site survey on site is used to detect communication problems and to monitor the WiFi network performance. In this site survey, the test equipment is connected to the Wifi network, to simulate a WiFi network user. During this site survey, we generally focus on covering the place and the APs, with latency sensitive applications, e. g. VoIP over WiFi.
