Site Surveys

AM Labels can provide your company with a wireless (RF) site survey and complete onsite installation of wireless networks to enable access to your networks using mobile devices.

What is a site survey?

A site survey is the process of planning and designing a wireless network, determining the number and location of access points/ports and cabling to enable wireless coverage where it is needed.

Why have a site survey?

The purpose of a Radio Frequency (RF) Site Survey is to ensure that the Radio-Frequency Terminal Network gives reliable data communication throughout the required operating area of your site. 

A professionally structured site survey not only tackles issues such as bandwidth, interference, coverage and redundancy but can in real terms save cost in relation to required equipment, cabling considerations and configuration/commissioning. Without a site survey the individual characteristics of the site location are not taken into account and potential problems are overlooked.

Wireless access points/ports have an effective limited range and are very much dependent on using the most appropriate antennae and equipment location. Complex environments such as distribution centres or storage facilities mean that the propagation of radio signals requires careful consideration and testing. Only in the simplest or smallest of installations should you ignore the possibility of a survey. A good survey is an investment, not a cost.

What does a professional survey give me?

The survey consists of visual observations, and on-site radio signal measurements, to establish the required equipment configuration, and the optimum location of the RF Network Access Ports and associated items.  The recommendations for these locations will be based on considerations of installation and maintenance requirements, user convenience and costs, as well as radio performance. For example a survey of a site for use with Voice Over IP (VoiP) technology would usually require a higher level of available bandwidth than a site utilising barcode scanning/handheld technology.

Radio Frequency Site Surveys include a site drawing showing the accurate location for equipment, including digital photography of any Access Points/Ports. A full coverage diagram is also provided. Surveys will take account of cabling and a full equipment list will be provided and will take into account the need for suitable antennae and enclosures to protect Access Points/Ports. As part of any survey, safety issues and a Risk Assessment Statement for the HSE management regarding methods of installing the cabling/equipment and the viability of working on an operational site will be provided.