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Drawing from over 15 years of Wi-Fi industry experience, leadership, and real-world deployment, the Wi-Fi design guide for large public venues provides data-driven guidance for those looking to deploy Wi-Fi in a large public venue (LPV). These design insights come from deployments across universities, stadiums, arenas, and experiences running conferences such as HPE Discover, Atmosphere, and more.
The purpose of this guide is to assist those interested in LPV with the process of understanding the scope and magnitude of planning which goes into LPV design. This guidance, paired with the online LPV rough order of magnitude (ROM) calculator, provides an initial assessment of the hardware and software required for an LPV project. The guidance provided herein should serve as a starting point, allowing for the establishment of baseline requirement gathering and guiding the reader on how to have meaningful discussions about the specific deployment needs for an LPV installation.
For complex scenarios or corner cases that fall outside these baseline guidelines or are not covered in this guide, please contact your account team for customized recommendations.
Essential design criteria and planning considerations for wireless architects deploying Wi-Fi networks in stadiums, arenas, convention centers, and other high-capacity venues. Covers seating capacity analysis, device take rates, coverage strategies, access point placement, and throughput requirements for optimal network performance.
RF design guidelines covering frequency band selection (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz), channel width optimization, interference mitigation, and coverage strategies. Includes detailed analysis of overhead versus underseat access point placement, channel planning methodologies, and channel reuse techniques for maximum capacity.
A performance planning methodology for calculating access point requirements, client capacity per radio, and total system throughput. Covered topics include bandwidth allocation formulas, real-world throughput expectations, and capacity planning considerations for supporting thousands of concurrent users in large venues.
Security hardening recommendations for large public venue networks including network segmentation, access control configuration, infrastructure protection, and threat mitigation strategies. Addresses common vulnerabilities in high-density guest networks and provides specific configuration guidelines for secure deployments.
Instructions for using the interactive LPV design calculator. The calculator can be used to estimate equipment requirements, costs, and configurations for deploying LPV Wi-Fi networks. The calculator can also simplify complex design decisions by incorporating best practices, regional frequency regulations, coverage strategies, and capacity requirements into automated bill-of-materials generation.
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