An engineer must design AP placements for a new branch office that contains two floors. The engineer uses Ekahau to complete the predictive survey. To calculate the signal bleed through between…

Choosing AP models is necessary to simulate signal propagation but does not establish the spatial floor-to-floor reference needed to measure bleed at a precise vertical location.

The auto planner suggests AP placements automatically but does not contribute to the floor alignment geometry required for inter-floor signal bleed calculations.

Alignment points are reference markers placed on each floor plan that link the same physical location across multiple floor images, giving Ekahau the spatial relationship it needs to model vertical RF propagation between floors. Without them, the software cannot determine how the floors are stacked relative to each other, making inter-floor bleed simulations unreliable. After scale is set, adding alignment points is the required next step before the tool can accurately predict signal strength at a specific location on adjacent floors.

Drawing coverage areas defines desired coverage zones for planning purposes but does not create the physical positional linkage between floors needed for bleed analysis.