A stadium deployment requires handling a very high number of clients per AP. Which design principle should be applied?

Enabling 160 MHz channels in a dense environment increases susceptibility to co-channel interference and reduces the number of usable non-overlapping channels, worsening overall performance.

In high-density deployments, the limiting factor is client capacity per AP, not coverage area. Reducing transmit power to shrink cells and deploying more APs ensures each AP handles fewer concurrent clients, improving per-user throughput and association stability. This is the foundational principle of high-density Wi-Fi design.

Omnidirectional antennas radiate in all directions and are poorly suited for stadiums where directional or patch antennas focus energy toward seating areas and reduce interference.

Increasing AP transmit power expands cell size, causing more clients to associate with fewer APs and increasing co-channel interference - the opposite of what high-density design requires.