📖 Start Here — Network Planning Guide
This book is for people designing and managing community mesh networks —- coverage planning, RF propagation, node placement strategy, monitoring, and advanced configuration.
🚀 What's Your Goal?
- Planning coverage for a new area: Start with Coverage Planning Tools Overview
- Optimizing an existing network: Start with Building a Mesh Network Dashboard
- Placing new repeaters: Start with Repeater Placement Principles
📚 What's In This Book
Coverage Planning
- Coverage Planning Tools Overview
- RF Coverage Prediction Tools
—- Heywhatsthat, Radio Mobile, etc. - MeshMapper Wardriving Guide
- Field Testing and Coverage Verification
RF Propagation
- Urban Propagation
- Forest and Vegetation Propagation
- Mountain and Complex Terrain
- Water and Coastal Propagation
- Link Budget Calculations
- RF Propagation Planning Tools
Node Placement
- Repeater Placement Principles
- Coverage Radius Estimation by Terrain Type
- The Repeater Grid Approach for Urban Coverage
- Designing for Redundancy
Channel and Frequency Planning
- Frequency Coordination and Channel Planning
- Meshtastic Channel Number Selection Guide
- Operating Multiple Channels on One Network
- Multi-Zone Network Architecture
Network Monitoring
- Network Health Dashboard Setup
- Automated Alerting for Node Failures
- Building a Mesh Network Dashboard
- Using meshmap.net and Community Maps
- Mesh Network Capacity and Congestion
RF Tools
➡️ Related Books
- Antennas & RF
—- Antenna fundamentals and testing - MeshCore Repeaters / Meshtastic Repeaters
—- Deploying nodes - Starting a Community Mesh
—- Community and governance side