Wireless Networks

iPaths’ team of highly skilled engineers can design and implement a system to meet your service area, throughput, and security requirements.

Working with the client, iPath can create the project deliverables, set milestones and ensure that scheduled deadlines are met.

iPath can select and manage vendors, provide purchase guidance, provide budget advise and ensure the seamless integration of the WLAN system with existing networks.

The design and implementation of each WLAN system has been broken down into four discrete phases:

• Phase 1 - Detailed Design
• Phase 2 - Infrastructure Deployment
• Phase 3 - Equipment Staging/System Commissioning
• Phase 4 - System Testing, Optimisation & Handover

Phase 1 - Detailed Design

iPath will prepare a Detailed Design Package (DDP). RF testing – Detailed RF survey of the coverage area to verify Access Point locations. The DDP will contain system design drawings, detailed installation costing, detailed Bill of Materials, equipment locations, cable routes, and the detailed RF plan. Graphical representation of survey data overlaid on building floor plans depicting; RSSI, serving access point, channel plan, client data rate and passive plots. The DDP will be issued to the client for review and acceptance.

Phase 2 - Infrastructure Deployment

iPath will provide the system installation solution & project management to ensure that the completion of civil works, installation of equipment racks, completion of electrical works, installation of cabling infrastructure and installation of active equipment is completed in accordance with the detailed design.

Phase 3 - Equipment Staging/System Commissioning

AP Commissioning - Baseline configuration of the Access Points with: AP name, AP Mgmt IP Address/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway, SNMP strings, preferred admin password, No. SSID’s / VLAN interfaces, details of SSID in terms of name, broadcast & encryption, details of VLAN ID, names for dot1q configuration, IP addressing details for nominated RADIUS server(s) if required at this stage included chosen RADIUS authentication/accounting ports and shared secret..

Phase 4 - System Testing, Optimisation & Handove

iPath will perform tuning of RF system components once the solution has been deployed and commissioned.  Optimisation activities will ensure the solution performance criteria are met.   Overall system performance will be verified by means of active site survey of required coverage areas and immediate surrounding locations.  The ABP will contain as-built WAP parameter settings (loaded at Phase 3, optimised during Phase 4), as-built system schematic diagrams, as-built cable routes, as-built equipment rack layouts and graphical representation of as-built survey data overlaid on building floor plans depicting; RSSI, SNR, serving access point, channel plan, client data rate and passive plots. 
System functional testing will also be conducted using customer client devices, at time of optimisation site survey.