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Appendix D
Increasing Location Accuracy
Understand Band Steering's Impact on Location
Band steering can negatively impact location accuracy when testing in highly mobile environment. The biggest
hurdle is scanning times in 5 GHz frequency.
Leveraging RTLS to Increase Accuracy
This section provides instructions for integrating the AMP, Dell PowerConnect W-Series WLAN infrastructure
and RTLS feed for more accurately locating wireless clients and Wi-Fi Tags.
Deployment Topology
Figure 25 Typical Client Location
Table 8 Location accuracy impact
Operating Frequency Total Channels Scanning Frequency Scanning Time Total Time One Pass
2.4 GHz 11 (US) 10 seconds 110 milliseconds 121.21 seconds
5 GHz 24 (US) 10 seconds 110 milliseconds 242.64 seconds