Summary: François Vergès and Chris Reed join forces on Clear To Send to talk about design principles of stadium Wi-Fi. <br> Designing Stadium Wi-Fi<br> What are important considerations when designing Wi-Fi for very high density environment such as stadium? Of course the tools come to mind such as Andrew Von Nagy’s Capacity Planner and Ekahau Site Survey Pro.<br> In the initial design, there are different types spaces in stadiums to consider such as bowl, concourse, suites, office space, and event space. The details are discussed in the episode.<br> Fundamentals are always important. But they are often missed in many deployments. Things such as getting the AP as close to the client as possible, minimizing co-channel contention, transmit power, attenuation, etc. Another consideration, but often difficult to plan for in stadiums, are client devices.<br> An challenging aspect of stadium Wi-Fi design is AP placement. There are different ways to approach this such as overhead, railing, and underseat. Which one is best for the design and what the pros and cons.<br> Links & Resources<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.revolutionwifi.net/capacity-planner/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Capacity Planner</a><br> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUbH0OyRjZI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Designing Very High Density Best Practices & Test Results</a><br> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8s9h3pk2xs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Superbowl 50 Analytics</a><br> * <a href="https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Validated-Reference-Design/Very-High-Density-802-11ac-Networks-Validated-Reference-Design/ta-p/230891" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aruba Very High Density 802.11ac Networks Validated Reference Design</a><br> * <a href="https://www.beinet.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BEI Networks</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/thecmreed" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@TheCMReed</a><br> <br>
