Compendium Centrum Edukacyjne

1. WLAN Design Overview
   • Importance of good design
   • Impact of bad design
   • Design process
   • Design skills
   • Design toolkit
   • Pre-planning
   • Customer interaction
   • Requirements gathering
   • Discovering existing systems
   • Documenting the environment
   • Defining constraints
   • Creating documentation
   • Client device types
   • Application types
   • Application-specific design
   • High density design issues
   • Standard corporate networks
   • Industry-specific designs
     • Government
     • Healthcare
     • Hospitality
     • Education
     • Retail
     • Public hotspots
     • Transportation
     • Mobile offices
     • Outdoor and mesh
     • Remote networks and branch offices
     • Last-mile/ISP and bridging
     • Defining vendor issues
     • Operational planes
     • Design models
     • Understanding architecture differences
     • RF spectrum
     • RF behaviors
     • Modulation and coding schemes
     • RF accessories
     • Throughput factors
     • Antennas
     • 802.11n and antennas
     • Choosing APs
     • Powering APs
     • Site survey tools
     • Site survey preparation
     • Predictive site surveys
     • Manual site surveys
     • Site survey principles and processes
     • Quality of Service (QoS) overview
     • QoS application points
     • Roaming support
     • Bad security
     • Authentication solutions
     • Encryption solutions
     • Security best practices
     • Intrusion prevention
     • Network health status
     • Troubleshooting and validation process
     • Troubleshooting and validation tools
     • Common problems
2. Requirements Analysis
3. Designing for Clients and Applications
4. Designing for Industry
5. Vendor Selection Processes
6. Radio Frequency Planning
7. WLAN Hardware Selection
8. Site Surveys
9. Designing for QoS
10. Designing for Security
11. Installation Testing, Validation and Troubleshooting
12. Design Troubleshooting

Case studies may be used in groups to explore concepts learned in the lecture materials. Potential case studies include:

1. Designing for future capacity
2. Designing in a moderate interference environment
3. Designing multiple SSID networks

Trainers may include hands-on lab time using any or all of the following tools:

1. Spectrum analyzer
2. Protocol analyzer
3. Site survey software
4. Diagramming software
5. Various wireless adapters and antennas
6. Various wireless APs