Psiber Data Systems RF3D manual

manual 1 ® manual for RF3D W ifiPlanner and RF3D WifiPlanner Lite[...]

manual 1 Contents 1 Introduction 2 1.1 PC 1.1PC Hardw are Requirements 3 1.2 Installation and Activ ation 3 1.3 Product Updates 5 2 Fundamentals of Wireless Netw ork Planning 5 2.1 Standardization in W ireless Netw or king 5 2.1.1 The IEEE 802.11b Specification 5 2.1.2 The IEEE 802.11g Specification 6 2.1.3 The IEEE 802.11a Specification 6 2.1.4[...]

manual 2 1 Introduction Thank you ver y much f or choosing RF3D WifiPlanner! RF3D WifiPlanner is an advanced progr am f or planning wireless netw orks in conf or mance with the IEEE 802.11a/b/g/h standards. RF3D WifiPlanner helps you design more efficient wireless netw orks and en- sure that they deliv er optimum ser vice ev en under heavy load[...]

manual 3 1.1 PC 1.1PC Hardw are Requirements • Processor: Intel P entium, 1.5 GHz or f aster • Display: 1024×768 or greater • RAM: 750 MB f or networks with less than 30 access points . For larger netw or k plans, 1 GB or more. 1.2 Installation and Activ ation Bef ore installing the softw are, please open Add or Remo ve Progr ams under Star [...]

manual 4 No w choos e th e ins tal la tio n f olde r f or the pr ogr am. W e reco mme nd using the def au lt director y path. Please do not change the name of the a pplication f older , “RF3DWifi - Planner”. Click Next and w ait f or the installation to be completed. After y ou click Finish, RF3D star ts and displays a license activ ation dial[...]

manual 5 1.3 Product Updates New versions of RF3D WifiPlanner are released from time to time. T o search for up- dates, please visit www .rf3d.com in the Internet. The RF3D website has a download area where y ou can download the latest pr ogram version. The same website allows you to upgrade from RF3D WifiPlanner Lite to the next higher version. [...]

manual 6 2.1.2 The IEEE 802.11g Specification The IEEE 802.11g wireless Ether net specification is an advanced extension of the wide- ly accepted 802.11b standard, and w as adopted in mid-2003. Like its predecessor , 802.11g also uses the 2.4 GHz frequenc y band. The data transf er r ates wer e substan- tially increased, how ev er , so that the 8[...]

manual 7 How ev er , the channels in the ISM band ov er la p. For example, with ref erence to the actual radio output of an access point, we find that an access point transmitting on channel three also emits a signal on the neighbor ing channels 1, 2, 4, and 5. This means that other WLAN components communicating on any of those f our chan- nels wi[...]

manual 8 Interfer ence arises whenever data is transmitted, and theref ore networks that carr y little or no data generate less interf erence. This also means that, although a netw ork with lower data traffic still functions in spite of channel o verlap, problems can be ex- pected as traffic increases. In planning, of cour se, attention must be g[...]

manual 9 Not e tha t, in thi s cel lul ar struct ur e, chann el ov erlap m ust be av oid ed not on ly wi thi n each floor of a building, but also between adjacent floors . In other w ords , access points abov e and below one another should not use the same channels. Another important consideration is the secur ity of a company-wide wireless netwo[...]

manual 10 2.4.1 Omnidirectional Antennas Omnidir ectional antennas are generally used to in - crease the communication r ange within offices or homes . The antennas commonly sup - plied with access points are omnidirectional. Omnidirectional antennas have a beam angle of 360° in the hor izontal plane. V er tically , their r adiation pattern is co[...]

manual 11 2.7 Redundancy T o protect the suppor ted a pplications against f ailures , a certain redundancy must be de - signed into a wireless netw or k. This means that, if a given access point f ails, the stations it ser ved can join neighboring radio cells . How ev er , since access points too close together generally cause interference, redunda[...]

manual 12 rently in DXF f or mat (as pr oduced by Auto-C AD for example), you can conv er t them either using the gr a phics progr am they were created with, or using commonly av aila ble utilities . Other ways of obtaining the necessar y plans include scanning paper dr awings or photo - graphing the emer gency exit plans posted on each floor of m[...]

manual 13 After you hav e selected the image file for the first floor plan, you can align it with the grid so that the w alls are exactly horizontal and vertical. This will m ake it much simpler to dr aw in the walls later . T o align the plan, rotate it using the slider , then use the left and right arrow k eys f or finer adjustments . Then se[...]

manual 14 3.2 The T oolbox The T oolbox pr o vides all the tools you need to design a wireless LAN. When y ou select Floor , Supp. W all, or W all , the drop-do wn list to the r ight in the T oolbox contains a list of the possible material types f or the corresponding building element. T o draw in building elements on the plan, select a m ater ial [...]

manual 15 3.3 Drawing and Selecting Elements First sele ct the desir ed elem ent in the T ool bo x, then cho ose the a ppr opriat e type of material. Draw in plan elements using both the left and r ight mouse buttons: rst use the left mouse button to mark corner s , then the r ight mouse button to finish the element. W alls , floors and suppor[...]

manual 16 Log. Po wer This is the received signal strength of the strongest access point at each location. Use this vie w to gauge the quality of your network co ver age. A value of –70 dB or higher is sufcient. (Remember that, since the v alues in dB are neg ative, a higher v alue is one that is closer to zero.) Log. SNR This view shows the s[...]

manual 17 3.5 The Access P oint T a b The Access Points ta b lists all the access points currently planned, and allo ws you to modify their properties . The pr operties of each access point include a name and a description, the transmitter pow er , the channel setting, and the antenna or ientation. The orientation is expressed in ter ms of rotation[...]

manual 18 For a w arehouse application, f or example, you should design the wireless cells larger and tolerate a higher lev el of interference. This increases relia bility , since the second nearest access point to a giv en location will probably be usa ble in case the nearest one f ails. T o change the size of the wireless cells , click the Access[...]

manual 19 4.3 Positioning Access Points Now that y ou have drawn all the elements of the building, you can begin to design the WLAN itself by positioning the access points and defining their properties. Be- cause RF3D WifiPlanner considers each access point in combination with its antenna, y ou should know what type of antenna you are thinking of[...]

manual 20 Sufficient signal pow er (–60 dBm or better) throughout the building.. Start your planning with the access points in the lo west le vel, and use a cellular struc- ture as descr ibed in Section 2.3. Set the comm unication channels of the access points in conf or mance with national restrictions . When you continue with the access points[...]

manual 21 When y ou choose channels f or the access points , it can be helpful to switch the view mode from signal pow er to data rate, because the data rate vie w reflects any adverse ef f ects of co-channel or near -channel interfer ence due to channel settings. Checking the results of access point settings in the Data Rate vie w . 4.4 Optimizin[...]

manual 22 5 Adv anced Settings 5.1 Editing W all and Floor Librar ies he pr operties and settings of w all and floor m ater ials are stored in the libr ar y . Y ou can easily edit and expand this library . Each type of w all or oor is saved in a separate XML file. These files are contained in the f older RF3DWifiPlanner/W allsFloor s . The n[...]

manual 23 5.2 Editing the Access P oint/Antenna Librar y The antenna libr ar y , like the w all and floor libr ar y , is stored in the f or m of individual files f or each antenna type. These files ar e contained in the f older RF3DWifiPlanner/Anten- nas, and can be edited with Notepad. The best way to create an antenna type is to find the fi[...]

manual 24 The IsZIsotropic_2_4GHz line indicates w hether the antenna is a ppro ximately omnidirec - tional in the hor izontal plane in the 2.4 GHz band. The v alue true indicates that its r adia - tion pattern is roughly rotationally symmetric with respect to the v er tical axis. <IsZIsotropic_2_4GHz> true </IsZIsotropic_2_4GHz> The Ga[...]

manual 25 The array , or list of values, which f ollows contains phi v alues (angle measures in de - grees) f or 72 data points at 2.4 GHz. If you use a dif ferent number of data points, replace the “72” in this line with the number of data points y ou w ant to define. <SOAP-ENC:Array id=“ref-6“ SOAP-ENC:arrayType=“xsd:float[72]“&g[...]

manual 26 The next array , with the attr ibute id=”ref-9”, contains g ain values in dBi f or the v alues of theta listed abov e, representing 72 data points at 2.4 GHz. <SOAP-ENC:Array id=“ref-9“ SOAP-ENC:arrayType=“xsd:float[72]“> <item>-16.683</item> <item>-12.24</item> <item>-7.157</item> . [...]

manual 27 5.3 Options and Settings T o adjust other progr am settings , select the the menu command T ools/Options . The Countr y option group allows you to set a ppropriate parameters f or the countr y w here y ou are located. The Geometr y option group lets you specify def ault values f or the height of new access points a bov e the floor , the [...]

manual 28 In this w ay y ou can dr aw the floor in one piece while leaving an inter ior area open. 5.5 Split-Lev el Buildings T o represent buildings with split lev els , impor t a drawing f or each par tial level and draw in par tial floor s f or the existing floor areas. Remember , though, that walls you draw in on a low er le vel extend only [...]

manual 29 Appendix A The Antenna Librar y Antenna Librar y Hier finden Sie die Antennendiagramme für die in RF3D WifiPlanner hinterlegten generischen Antennentypen. Generic Access Point w/ Dipole Ant a/b/g 2dBi Horizontal section of a/b/g Net V er tical section of a/b/g Net[...]

manual 30 Generic Antenna a/b/g 7dBi Omni Horizontal section of b/g Net V er tical section of b/g Net[...]

manual 31 Horizontal section of a/h Net V er tical section of a/h Net[...]

manual 32 Generic Antenna a/b/g 8dBi directional Horizontal section of a/b/g Net V er tical section of a/b/g Net[...]

manual 33 Generic Antenna a/b/g 13,9 dBi Directional Y ag i Horizontal section of a/b/g Net V er tical section of a/b/g Net[...]

manual 34 Generic Antenna a/b/g 18 dBi Directional Horizontal section of a/b/g Net V er tical section of a/b/g Net[...]

manual 35 Appendix B The W all and Floor Librar y List of w all & floor mater ials measurement unit: feet Floor / W all Att. 2.4 GHz [dB] Att. 5 GHz [dB] Thick- ness [in] RF3D T oolbox T ext Nr RF3D Nr RF3D Lite Color - Code Discribtion W all 16,0 24,0 8 8“ Concrete Block w/ Steel 16/24dB 1 1 144 Concrete bloc k, when reinf orced with concre[...]

manual 36 Floor 30,0 45,0 10 10“ Concrete/Steel w/ Metallic Drop Ceiling 30/45dB 105 55 Steel reinf orced concrete floors with metallic dropped ceiling Floor 24,0 36,0 12 12“ Concrete w/Steel 24/36dB 106 106 68 Steel reinfor ced concrete floor s Floor 25,0 37,5 12 12“ Concrete/Steel w/ Nonmetallic Drop Ceil- ing 25/37dB 107 107 162 Steel re[...]

manual 37 List of w all & floor mater ials measurement unit: meter Floor / W all Att. 2.4 GHz [dB] Att. 5 GHz [dB] (Mean) Thickness cm RF3D T ext Nr Lite Nr Color - Code Comment W all 8 20 18 Brick w all 18cm 8/20dB 1 1 142 Br ick w all W all 10 25 25 Br ick w all 25cm 10/25dB 2 2 83 Brick wall W all 13 32,5 50 Br ick w all 50cm 13/32.5dB 3 3 [...]

manual 38 Appendix C T a ble of Color s Color knownColor R G B A Aqua 30 0 255 255 255 Aquamarine 31 127 255 212 255 Black 35 0 0 0 255 BlanchedAlmond 36 255 235 205 255 Blue 37 0 0 255 255 BlueViolet 38 138 43 226 255 Brow n 39 165 42 42 255 BurlyWood 40 222 184 135 255 CadetBlue 41 95 158 160 255 Chartreuse 42 127 255 0 255 Chocolate 43 210 105 3[...]

manual 39 HotPink 82 255 105 180 255 IndianRed 83 205 92 92 255 Indigo 84 75 0 130 255 Khaki 86 240 230 140 255 LawnGreen 89 124 252 0 255 LightBlue 91 173 216 230 255 LightCoral 92 240 128 128 255 LightGray 95 211 211 211 255 LightGreen 96 144 238 144 255 LightPink 97 255 182 193 255 LightSalmon 98 255 160 122 255 LightSeaGreen 99 32 178 170 255 L[...]

manual 40 Purple 140 128 0 128 255 Red 141 255 0 0 255 RosyBro wn 142 188 143 143 255 Roy alBlue 143 65 105 225 255 SaddleBro wn 144 139 69 19 255 Salmon 145 250 128 114 255 SandyBro wn 146 244 164 96 255 SeaGreen 147 46 139 87 255 Sienna 149 160 82 45 255 Silver 150 192 192 192 255 SkyBlue 151 135 206 235 255 SlateBlue 152 106 90 205 255 SlateGray[...]

manual 41 1. DEFINITIONS As used in this Agreement, the ter m „Software“ means , collectively: (i) all of the contents of the les (pro vided either by electronic download, on physical media or any other method of distribu - tion), disk(s), CD/D VD-ROM(s) or other media with w hich this Agreement is pr o vided, (ii) all the contents of the di[...]

manual 42 the source code of the Software (except to the extent that this restr iction is expressly prohibited by law) or create deriv ative w or ks based on the Softw are. (e) Unless stated otherwise in the Documentation, Y ou shall not display , modify , reproduce and distribute any of the Stock Files included with the Softw are. In the e vent th[...]

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manual 44 Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prejudice the statutor y rights of any party dealing as a consumer . Nothing contained in this Agreement limits Psiber‘s liability to Y ou in the event of death or per sonal injur y resulting from Psiber‘s negligence. Psiber is acting on behalf of its employ ees and licensor s or affiliates f[...]

manual 45 12. NOTICES. All notices and return of the Software and Documentation should be deliv ered to: Psiber Data GmbH or PSIBER D A T A SYSTEMS INC. Felix-W ankel-Str . 4 7075-K Mission Gorge Road D-82152 Krailling San Diego, C A 92120 GERMANY UNITED ST ATES OF AMERICA 13. APPLIC ABLE LA W & GENERAL PROVISIONS. This Agreement will be go ver[...]

manual 46 Handbuch für RF3D WifiPlanner und RF3D WifiPlanner Lite For more infor mation or updates please contact: www .RF3D .com Psiber USA: PSIBER D A T A SYSTEMS Inc. 7075-K Mission Gorge Road San Diego , C A 92120 phone 1-619-287-9970 f ax 1-619-287-9978 E-mail inf o@psiber .com Psiber Europe: PSIBER D A T A GmbH F elix-W ank el-Straße 4 D-[...]