CW9179F is the industry’s first enterprise-grade, Wi-Fi 7 certified high-density access point, made specifically for connecting large public venues. This convertible indoor/outdoor AP can be deployed as per the need in environments like stadiums, arenas, airports.
Critical Items to be considered
- Venue/Event Planning
- Coverage Planning
- Capacity Planning
- Wireless Configuration (WLC or Cloud)
- Wired network infrastructure
Venue/Event Planning
Things to consider as follows-
- Device Count/concurrent devices
- Determine high-density areas
- Determine critical applications and its bandwidth requirements (Download and upload)
- Determine clients per AP/per radio
- Determine client distribution (legacy vs Wi-Fi 6/6e vs Wi-Fi 7)
Coverage Planning
Things to consider as follows-
- Complete Predictive RF design to determine potential AP location/count
- Complete walkthrough and determine antenna type to be used/ antenna mounting directions
- Consider RF attenuating agents with a full packed venue
- Validate expected throughput is achieved for applications to be used
- Identify RF interfering sources in the environment
Capacity Planning
Things to consider as follows-
- Complete Predictive RF design to accomodate peak client capacity
- Validate expected throughput is achieved with peak client capacity
Per Radio Planning
2.4 GHz (Slot 0)
- Minimize usage for 2.4 GHz, enable 2.4 GHz only on the radios where legacy clients are expected
- Ensure only non-overlapping channels are used and our assigned dyanmically via RRM
- Remove low legacy data rates
5 GHz (Slot 1/2)
- Enforce band steering to steer 5 GHz capable clients to 5 GHz radio
- Ensure DCA and DBS drive channel and channel width decision
- Validate channel plan/client distribution
- Ensure TPC drives tx power decision
- Ensure cell overlap is optimum to ensure smooth roaming
6 GHz (Slot 3)
- Enforce band steering to steer 6 GHz capable clients to 6 GHz radio
- Ensure DCA and DBS drive channel and channel width decision
- Validate 6 GHz channel plan/client distribution
- Confirm 6 GHz security requirements
Wireless Configuration
- Disable low legacy data rates
- Minimize number of WLANs (3-4 WLANs)
- Configure WPA2/WPA3 security and validate operation
- Validate Captive Portal operation for Guest WLAN
- Ensure AFC server is configured for SP mode operation for 6 GHz radio
- Validate 802.11 r/k/v behavior
Wired Network Infrastructure
- Ensure DHCP lease configuration and IP address pool capacity
- Validate IP address assignment with peak client count
- Validate authentication capacity with peak client count
- Validate AP uplinks and switch interconnections are 10G ports
- Validate PoE capacity
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