Wi-Fi site surveys for office projects: from needs to validation

Skills you'll practise

• Run a needs assessment that captures coverage, capacity, applications and coexistence requirements
• Order the steps of a Wi-Fi project in an existing building
• Question poor AP positions and specify cabling and supports for APs
• Judge validation results against agreed requirements and decide the next step
• Write a survey report that labels predicted and measured results honestly

Course outline

1. 1.Wi-Fi site surveys for office projectsVideo · 2 min
2. 2.Needs firstLesson · 15 min
3. 3.Predict, survey, place and cableLesson · 18 min
4. 4.Validation and the reportLesson · 15 min
5. 5.Wi-Fi site surveys for office projects: from needs to validation: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 17 questions
6. 6.Final exam8 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out

Sources it draws on

The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.

• US Department of Defense UFC 3-580-01, Telecommunications Interior Infrastructure Planning and Design (21 November 2024). One building owner's criteria applying TIA-568, TIA-569, TIA-606 and TIA-607; used here as a worked example, not as a universal requirement
• Fiber Optic Association: Wireless in premises cabling (every access point needs cabling; real coverage is irregular, not a circle)
• NIST SP 800-153: Guidelines for Securing Wireless Local Area Networks (security across the WLAN lifecycle, from design and deployment to monitoring)