300-360: Designing Cisco Wireless Enterprise Networks (WIDESIGN)


This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of identifying customer and application requirements, applying predictive wireless design principles and conducting site surveys needed to design and optimize Enterprise wireless networks.

Cisco 300-360 Exam Overview:


Exam Name Designing Cisco Wireless Enterprise Networks (WIDESIGN)
Exam Number  300-360 WIDESIGN
Exam Number  $300 USD 
Duration  90 minutes 
Number of Questions  55 - 65 Question
Passing Score  Variable (750-850 / 1000 Approx.)
Recommended Training  Designing Cisco Wireless Enterprise Networks (WIDESIGN) v1.0
Sample Questions  Cisco 300-360 Sample Questions
Practice Exam  Cisco Certified Network Professional Wireless Practice Test


Cisco 300-360 Exam Topics:


Section Weight  Objectives 
Obtaining Customer Requirements as Related to the WLAN Installation 12% 1. Identify business and RF application needs

2. Identify client density, capabilities and their impact on the wireless network
- Client quantity, radio type, spatial streams

3. Identify the challenges of setting up a wireless network by various vertical markets

4. Describe required site survey documentation
- Customer questionnaire
- Floor plans & their quality
- Describe the deliverables of the site survey

5. Identify coverage area requirements
- Mesh
- High density
- Security sensitive
- Real time applications
Determine Facility Type and Constraints Related to WLAN Deployments 12%  1. Describe impact of regulatory domains
- Mesh
- Channel and power
- Multi-national deployments

2. Identify deployment location safety considerations

3. Identify the impact of customer aesthetic limitations on the installation

4. Assess the existing wired and wireless infrastructure
- Determine high-throughput and very high throughput (VHT) protocol (n/ac) impact
- Determine existing wireless infrastructure if required

5. Identify impact of material attenuation
- Walls, cubicles, and the likes
- Single/multi-floor
- Campus
- Warehouse/retail
WLAN Predictive Design 14%  1. Select the criteria used for coverage design
- Data vs voice vs video vs location

2. Demonstrate the impact of frequency planning in a high density environment
- Band select for high density
- Optimize 2.4 GHz radio utilization
- Legacy devices
- Channel width

3. Use PI and Ekahau planning tools to make network plan
- Enter network requirements in the tool
Capacity requirements
Coverage requirements
- Define the environment
Maps and scale
Types of RF obstacles
- Place and configure simulated APs and antennas
Place simulated APs (manual, automatics)
Adjust APs and Antennas / AP TX power height and down tilt
- Analyze key network metrics using heat maps for 2.4 and 5GHz
Analyze coverage, SNR, and channel overlap
Analyze AP placements in regards to real time handoffs around corner
Pre-Deployment Site Survey 14% 1. Identify the appropriate site survey equipment and access requirements based on environmental needs

2. Complete the Layer 2 site survey for indoor, and outdoor MESH environments
- Select proper AP and antenna for conducting site survey
- Configure AP
- Survey for worst case client

3. Complete Layer 1 survey (Cisco CleanAir, Metageek Chanalyzer)
Post-Deployment Site Survey 15% 1. Verify RF coverage
- Utilize tools (Ekahau) for audit
- RRM, controller
- Analyze SNR, channel overlap, and packet loss

2. Verify network applications and performance
- Apply PI tools (voice readiness, location readiness, site calibration)

3. Reconcile any deployment issues

4. Assemble and deliver installation report to customer
- Indoor
- Outdoor MESH
Design the Infrastructure of the Wireless Network 15% 1. Determine physical infrastructure requirements
- AC Power and POE
- Understand cable plant considerations
- Mounting considerations: NEMA
- Outdoor grounding and lighting protection
- Rack capacity
- Switch port capacity

2. Determine logical infrastructure requirements
- Determine AP count, controller count, and license requirements
- Decide the type of architecture for the deployment

3. Describe IPv6 optimization on the WLC
- RA filter
- DHCP Server guard
- DHCPv6 Source guard
Describe and Design Wireless Architecture for Real time Applications 18% 1. Describe the relationship between real time applications & the wireless networks
- Packet Error Rate (PER)
- RF Coverage
- Bit Error Rate (BER)
- QoS
- Call Admission Control (CAC)
- Client roaming decision algorithm

2. Describe voice and video as they apply to the wireless network
- Device capabilities (hardware and software)
- Call setup/data flow overview
- Other wireless voice and video services (i.e. Jabber, Lync, Skype, Viber, Facetime)
- Standards and WIFI Alliance (WFA) certifications (.11r, .11e, .11n/ac, .11k, CCKM, voice enterprise, voice personal, WMM, UAPSD)
- Cisco Compatible Extensions (voice features)
- Voice and video codecs
- Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP)
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

3. Describe real time applications (other than voice and video) as they apply to the wireless network
- Session based and non-session based
- Roaming sensitivity
- Disconnection issue

4. Design wireless roaming parameters for supporting real time applications
- 802.11 r/k, CCKM, OKC, mobility groups, interface groups,
- Tuning RF parameters
- AP placement considerations

5. Design wireless parameters for supporting real time applications
- Minimum speed requirements-RSSI and SNR
- Client transmit and receive sensitivity / mismatch with AP
- Cell overlap requirements
- Cell separations
- Traffic control and management, QoS, VLAN, WMM, AVC
- Delay and jitter requirements
- CAC and TSPEC
- Spectrum
- 802.11n/ac enhancements
- Concurrent client connections
- Band select

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