Wireless Design

The AIB Wireless Design provides:

• A detailed design, including coverage prediction, for any proposed wireless implementation, mapped against both building and business plans
• Recommendations on the most appropriate wireless technologies for specific applications within the overall wireless design
• Validation surveys of existing wireless installations to check their current performance against agreed objectives
• A list of component parts, costings, suppliers and suggested contractors for the installation

The Challenge

The ability to connect wirelessly to data or voice networks is now an expected part of everyday life. Consistent high quality wireless connectivity depends on stringent planning and design: the aim must be not only to get the design right, but to get it right first time.

Why AIB Wireless?

AIB Wireless specialises in the design of wireless networks, offering solutions which are independent of manufacturers and designed to meet the specific and individual needs of our clients.

Wireless design is often clouded in mystery and portrayed more as a black art than the delivery of a technology-based service. AIB Wireless' approach is to strip out any wireless 'mumbo jumbo', and to present a design which is clear, unambiguous and easy to implement. This is essential: poor wireless designs lead to poor quality of service and lack of user confidence - and efforts to resolve such problems can often be time-consuming and frustrating.

AIB Wireless provides designs across all wireless technologies for both internal and external applications, including Wi-Fi, WiMAX, cellular 2G & 3G Tetra and PMR [Private Mobile Radio].

The AIB Wireless Approach

Clients submit their building plans together with an overview of what they would like to achieve from a wireless-based solution. This latter information can range from a comprehensive business plan which includes details of plans for growth and expansion or, at the other end of the scale, simply a list of the applications which need to be provided.

For some clients, it may be necessary for AIB to identify any existing wireless systems and their possible interference with the new installation.

The AIB Wireless Design Deliverables

AIB Wireless consultants define the requirements of the proposed system and then produce a graphical prediction model which indicates the coverage which will be achieved, using coloured plots to show the strength of the signal, overlaid on the building plan. At the same time, detailed design and schematic diagrams are produced to show what is needed, how it will be put together and what the final system will deliver.

Details within the design document include:

• The location of all cables, antennae, access points
• Recommended power and channel settings
• All related IT infrastructure requirements including network settings and management tools, if applicable
• A list of all the components of the design
• Power levels into cables (link budgeting)
• Costings
• Potential Suppliers