WLAN Fundamentals

• Unlicensed Radio Spectrum
• Channel Operation
• Regulatory Domains
• WLAN Standards
• Wireless Access Methods
• Network Equipment

WLAN Planning

• Wireless Technology
• Coverage & Channels
• TX Power
• Antenna Gain
• Channel Availability
• Signals vs. Noise
• Airtime, Capacity & Density
• Mixed Networks

Deployment

• Site Surveys
• Overlap
• Wiring & PoE
• Benchmarking

Basic Adoption & Configuration

• Multi-Site
• Layer-2 Adoption
• WLAN Groups
• SSID, Security & VLANs
• Analytics

Advanced Adoption & Guests

• Cloud Hosting
• Layer-3 Adoption
• Discovery, SSH, DNS & DHCP
• Minimum RSSI
• Zero-Handoff Roaming
• Guest Portal
• Access Controls
• Customization

Ubiquiti Broadband Wireless Admin

RF Theory

• Frequency vs. Propagation
• Unlicensed Bands
• OFDM Spectral Masks
• Licensed Frequencies
• Decibels in RF Systems
• Free Space Path Loss
• EIRP
• Line of Sight & Fresnel Zones
• Link Power Budgets
• Fade Margin

Radio Operation

• Standard RF Circuit
• Carrier Signals
• Radio Sensitivity
• Radio Selectivity
• Signal, Noise & Interference
• Chains, Data Rates & MIMO
• Thermal Noise
• Channel Flexing
• airPrism Technology
• Modulation, EVM & Data Rates

Antenna Theory

• What is Gain?
• Isotropic Radiators
• Antenna Function
• Gain, Efficiency & VSWR
• Gain, Surface Area & Directivity
• Polar Plots
• MIMO, Polarization & XPD
• Types of Antennas
• Antenna Alignment
• Downtilt, Lobes & Nulls

Ubiquiti Service Providers

• TDMA & airMAX Protocol
• 802.11, CSMA/CA & Indoor
• Problem of Hidden Node
• airMAX-AC, airOS-5 & -7
• Traffic Shaping & Burst
• Scalability vs. Performance
• Security & VLANs
• airFiber Technology & Protocols
• airOS Tools & Redudancy
• Bridged vs. Routed ISP