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Memo
To: John Smith
From: Felix Pino
CC: Richard Pierce
Date: 4/27/2015
Re: Site Survey Benefits
Dear Sir,
It has come to my attention that we have not been allocated time and money to do a proper site survey. I feel this is a detrimental path for your new system. A site survey is the precursor to a successful wireless network implementation. Like with many things, upfront planning and documentation facilitates the smooth deployment of the new network. With a site survey an engineer completes the physical check and identifies the best locations for the wireless access points, then creates a site report. The throughput of the access points is then fine-tuned using specialized training of those doing the evaluation. The final report will include a hardware list, where to install the products, the configuration of the devices, and suggestions for antenna placement for each device. All of these things can and will save the company money in the long run.
Some of the things that can go wrong without a proper site survey are not getting optimal performance from our new network, over purchasing of equipment or under purchasing of equipment, not getting full coverage inside the buildings, potential interference that you would not know about beforehand, unauthorized access to your network and so on and so forth
There are three types of tools needed for a site survey, wireless tools, measurement tools, and documentation tools. Wireless tools are such things as access points; these may be required to temporarily position the access points in one location to monitor the radio frequency. We may also want to have external antenna connectors to check and configure different types of antennas to see which works best for us. We may also need DC-to-AC converters as there may not be power in locations of all testing for the access points. Measuring