This planning helps reduce the need for further site surveys after installation and for the need to deploy additional access points over time. Understanding the requirements for the high density design is the first step and helps ensure a successful design. While this methodology works well to design for coverage, it does not take into account requirements based on the number of clients, their capabilities, and their applications' bandwidth needs. By evaluating survey results against a predefined minimum acceptable signal strength, the design would be considered a success. In the recent past, the process to design a Wi-Fi network centered around a physical site survey to determine the fewest number of access points that would provide sufficient coverage. As the needs for wireless connectivity have changed over time, the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standards have changed to adapt to greater density, from the earliest 802.11a and 802.11b standards in 1999 to the most recent 802.11ac standard, introduced in 2013 and the new 802.11ax standard currently being developed. Adapting to these changing needs will not always require more access points to support greater client density. The increased need for pervasive connectivity can put additional strain on wireless deployments. More extreme examples of high-density environments include sports stadiums, university auditoriums, casinos, event centers, and theaters.Īs Wi-Fi continues to become ubiquitous, there is an increasing number of devices consuming an increasing amount of bandwidth. Large campuses with multiple floors, distributed buildings, office spaces, and large event spaces are considered high density due to the number of access points and devices connecting. Unless additional sensors or air monitors are added, access points without this dedicated radio have to use proprietary methods for opportunistic scans to better gauge the RF environment and may result in suboptimal performance. To better support high-density wireless, Cisco Meraki access points are built with a dedicated radio for RF spectrum monitoring allowing the MR to handle the high-density environments. A location can be classified as high density if more than 30 clients are connecting to an AP. High-density Wi-Fi is a design strategy for large deployments to provide pervasive connectivity to clients when a high number of clients are expected to connect to Access Points within a small space.
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