Nortel Meridian Companion Reference Manual

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Site planning basics Page 29 of 102Meridian Companion Site Planning Reference ManualCovering a single floor indoor areaSurveying the siteSurvey the site by working from one side of the coverage area to the middle ofthe coverage area. Then go to the other side of the coverage area and workback toward the middle until you have mapped all of the coverage area. Checkyour floor plan to ensure there are no areas where a portable in the requiredcoverage area could be outside the range of a cell center.Note 1: By surveying your site in this way, cell centers are distributedthroughout the site. If you survey the site from one end to the other,you could cluster cell centers at one end of the site.Note 2: Repeat this procedure until all areas in the required coverage area arewithin range of a cell center. Defining a cell typically takes 25 to 40minutes.Identifying critical points1. Identify the initial critical points needed to determine a cell center. (Acritical point is an outer corner of the coverage area, or a point that maybe difficult for the radio signal to reach.)2. Mark the critical points on the floor plan with .Note: When determining the location of a cell center, you typically use one ortwo critical points.Locating cell centers1. Set up the CDT transceiver at a critical point and establish a link.2. Check the floor plan to see if the critical point is within an office area.If the entire area is office area, use -70 dBm as the cell boundary value.If there are no, or only a few, users’ offices, use -73 dBm as the cellboundary value.Note: Refer to your portable user guide for instructions on how to storecell boundary values for later recall.3. Measure the range into the coverage area in a few directions to determinewhere a cell center can be located and still be within range of the criticalpoint.2