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Deployment Cisco 1000 Series Lightweight Access Point Placement Guidelines Cisco 1000 Series Lightweight Access Point Placement • Place Cisco 1000 series lightweight access points on the floor plan using the "Noting Deployment Constraints" and "Access Point Placement Guidelines" sections such that coverage circles are touching or slightly overlapping as illustrated in the following example. Example • The open auditorium (a Warehouse/Manufacturing Building Type) shown in the "Collecting Maps or Building Floor Plans" section is approximately 20,000 square feet. • As described in the "Voice over IP Requirements" section, a typical SpectraLink NetLink Telephone requires approximately 6 Mbps 802.11b throughput, resulting in a minimum A = 5,000 square foot coverage area per Cisco 1000 series lightweight access point for an open area. • Dividing 20,000 square feet by A = 5,000 square feet per Cisco 1000 series lightweight access point results in at least four Cisco 1000 series lightweight access points required for the auditorium. • According to the guidelines in "Determining Deployment Requirements," an A = 5,000 square foot coverage area results in an R = 50-foot coverage circle radius, or Z = 71-foot coverage square. • On your floor plan map, arrange four 50-foot radius coverage circles so they overlap, as shown in the following figure. Note The Cisco 1000 series lightweight access point coverage areas should overlap approximately 10% to 15% to minimize the number of coverage holes. Note The large "X" in the middle of each circular Cisco 1000 series lightweight access point coverage area--those are the indicated locations of the associated Cisco 1000 series lightweight access points. 78-17279-01 Deployment Guide: Cisco Aironet 1000 Series Lightweight Access Points 19