Wireless LAN design is the difference between WiFi that works at 7 AM when no one is in the office and WiFi that works at 9 AM when everyone is on a video call. RLM provides RF-based wireless LAN design that accounts for interference, client density, application requirements, and the physical characteristics of your specific spaces.
Most wireless problems are design problems — too few APs, wrong placement, poor channel configuration, or inadequate backhaul. A proper pre-deployment RF survey and design prevents the expensive post-deployment fixes that come from provisioning by floor plan area rather than by actual performance requirements.
A structured advisory process — from discovery and market evaluation to vendor selection and post-deployment optimization — tailored to your specific environment and objectives.
We conduct a passive RF survey to characterize your existing wireless environment — interference sources, existing coverage, channel utilization, and signal quality — establishing the baseline for design decisions.
We translate your business requirements — user density, application profiles, roaming requirements, and IoT device support — into AP placement specifications, antenna selection, channel planning, and power configuration.
We use RF modeling tools to predict coverage and capacity before hardware deployment — validating the design against density and performance requirements and identifying problem areas before APs are physically installed.
We conduct a post-deployment RF survey to validate that the installed system matches the design — measuring actual coverage, roaming behavior, and client performance under load conditions.
These are the dimensions that consistently separate successful network deployments from costly ones — and the questions RLM will help you answer before any commitment.
Coverage design places APs based on signal propagation; capacity design places APs based on client density. Evaluate which design approach is appropriate — coverage-designed networks fail in dense environments.
Too many APs on the same channel in close proximity causes more problems than insufficient AP count. Evaluate the channel planning methodology and the AP-to-channel ratio in the design.
Concrete, brick, metal, and glass attenuate WiFi signals differently. Evaluate how building materials in your specific environment affect coverage predictions — office redesigns often invalidate existing coverage assumptions.
IoT devices often have limited WiFi capabilities — older standards, fixed channel support, poor roaming behavior. Evaluate the specific requirements of your IoT device portfolio before finalizing the wireless design.
High-mobility environments (warehouses, healthcare, hospitality) require specific roaming optimization. Evaluate the 802.11k/r/v configuration and AP placement overlap designed to support seamless handoff.
WiFi density requirements grow as device counts increase. Evaluate the capacity headroom designed into the initial deployment and the expansion path when additional capacity is needed.
"RLM gave us an objective view of our network options that no single vendor could. We replaced aging MPLS across 40 locations and came in 28% under our original budget."
"The RLM team understood our network complexity from day one. Their vendor-neutral approach helped us find the right solution — not just the one with the biggest marketing budget."
Start with a no-cost conversation with an RLM network advisor — vendor neutral, no agenda, just clarity on the right path forward for your environment.
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