The WLAN Refresh project began as a collaboration with the customer through a design scoping workshop where a High-Level Design document was created. EXTEND’s engineering team configured, installed, and deployed these solutions and the integration into the customer’s network and security infrastructure.
The customer needed a WLAN refresh to improve their site network efficiency by installing new equipment that better suited each environment’s unique landscape.
Step 1: Survey and Design
EXTEND first conducted a Wireless Site Survey, which measured the wireless performance of each warehouse site and provided a heat map of signal strength.
The wireless site survey and RF analysis that was performed at each location gave PivIT an in-depth understanding of the present RF interference sources and the overall wireless coverage requirements.
The primary goal and subsequent objectives were designed with coverage, desired throughput, and usability as primary driving requirements. The following are the results of the surveys conducted:
Step 2: Execution and Implementation
Based on the wireless design and documentation from the survey, EXTEND deployed a completely new wireless infrastructure that involved the installation of additional MDFs or IDFs, wireless controllers, additional networking equipment, access point installation (including enclosures), cabling, and solution commissioning.
Step 3: Validation
After the deployment stage, an additional passive survey was conducted at each site focusing on validating the installation reflected the coverage, throughput, and usability anticipated in the survey and design.