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The Alcatel RF Plan Tool
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RF Plan Tutorial
This section will guide you through the process of creating a building and 
populating it with access points and air monitors using RF Plan.
You can use the RF Plan portion of RF Director or you can use the stand-alone 
Alcatel RF Plan product.
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If you haven’t yet installed RF Plan, you should do so now. See “Install-
To Launch RF Plan, select Start > All Programs > Alcatel Offline RF Plan > 
Alcatel RF Plan.
Our Sample Building
We have filled in the planning table with the information we will use in this 
tutorial.
Building Dimensions
Height: 100
Width: 100
Number of Floors: 2
User Information
Number of Users:
Users per AP: N/A
Radio Types: a, b, g
Overlap Factor: Medium (150%)
AP Desired Rates
802.11b|g: 48 Mbps
802.11a: 48 Mbps
AM Desired Rates
802.11b|g: 24
802.11a: 24
Don’t Care/Deploy Areas
Shipping & Receiving = Don’t Care
Lobby = Don’t Deploy