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Method for configuring a wireless network

  • US 6,711,148 B1
  • Filed: 04/10/2000
  • Issued: 03/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for establishing the location of access points for a network providing wireless communications coverage for an environment, wherein the network is to provide wireless communications coverage for a single floor having a width no greater than an average coverage radius of the network access points times {square root over (2)}, comprising:

  • determining a coverage radius of an access point at certain locations within the environment;

    determining the average coverage radius of the access points for the environment based on the determined coverage radii; and

    positioning the access points at locations within the environment to provide continuous wireless coverage for the environment based on the average coverage radius, wherein positioning the access points includes;

    positioning a first access point at a first location corresponding to an intersection of a bisector of the floor and a line extending at an angle from a first corner of the floor; and

    adjusting a position of the first access point such that wireless coverage is provided at the first corner of the floor and at a second corner of the floor.

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