Site Survey

Vocera recommends a site survey for voice to prepare for the performance requirements of the badges and the APs. The survey provides an opportunity to tune the APs and understand the roaming characteristics and different coverage requirements.

Vocera badges operate at a low power and require a Voice grade network, capable of transmitting human voice. All mobile battery clients operate at a lower power than the maximum TX power of an AP.

Before conducting the survey, perform the following prerequisites:

• Authenticate and connect the badge to the corporate voice SSID so that you can test call quality and roaming by playing the welcome tutorial or an in-a-call session.
• Test multicast functionality by initiating a broadcast call. If the chime is heard followed by no audio at the recipient badges, the site network administrators must be notified that multicast is not configured properly in the wired or wireless network.
• Test if TX power on AP do not exceed Vocera required TX settings.
  Note: Your data will be skewed if your TX power is not at par with the required TX power.