How to Design Wi-Fi Capacity in Ekahau Pro

Learn how to calculate Wi-Fi capacity requirements and how they can impact your wireless network design.

Wireless network capacity or capacity utilization is a network design requirement detailing the number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices that can be supported concurrently on a wireless network based on the applications used, bandwidth being consumed, and the number of available Wi-Fi radios.

Along with coverage and channel utilization, understanding your network capacity needs is a key requirement for designing a wireless network. Here, we’ll expand on what goes into a capacity calculation and show how easy Ekahau makes it to design an amazing wireless network perfectly tuned to your coverage and capacity needs.

Ekahau Pro simplifies the capacity utilization formula down to a few simple device and usage profile inputs and gives you the ability to create your own unique custom profiles to match the exact devices and applications that you or your customer will be using on the Wi-Fi network.

It also lets you assign multiple capacity areas to account for networks that have a wide variance in capacity requirements for different parts of the floorplan. Here’s a quick overview of how to design a wireless network and strategically place access points (APs) for different capacity areas.

For more on using Ekahau Pro for Wi-Fi design, check out our ECSE Design Training Course at https://www.ekahau.com/training/ecse-...